▶ Your Answer : The given table chart compares and contrasts data on expenditures of consumers in five different European nations for the year 2002. It is measured in percentage on three categories. As can be seen clearly from the chart, itis evident that all researched countries’ consumers spent most amounts on food, drinks and tobacco in 2002, allocating the least their spending to leisure or education among all exhibited categories. In terms of food, drinks and tobacco, the greatest percentage of expense was witnessed in Turkey(32.14%), followed by Ireland(28.19%). On the other hand, Italians (16.36%) spend relatively lower spending of their income on this category with instead the highest portion(9%) on clothes and shoes compared to that of other nations in 2002. In the case of leisure and education, there was the smallest expenditure rate in Spain(1.98%). On the contrary, Turkish comparatively had the greater percentage at 4.35%. The rest two countries Italy and Sweden showed nearly similar figures at 3.20% and 3.22% respectively. Overall, the statistics for various European nations revealed that they generally more much money of their budget on restaurant or cigarette rather than on leisure activities or learning.
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