Task 1 : Percentage of national consumer expenditure by category -2002

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Data about how much people in five different countries spent on three different categories such as food/drinks/tobacco , clothing/footwear and leisure/education as percentage of total expenditure in 2002 is compared and contrasted  by the table.

People in Turkey and Ireland spent a remarkable proportion of their total income on Food/drinks /tobacco respectively at 32,14% and 28,91%.  Their counterparts in Spain , Italy and Sweden spent much less dramatically, just around half of the figures ( 18,80% , 16,36%,15,77%) .

Clothing/footwear seemed to receive less attention as people in all the five countries spent much less on these items. Specifically , Spain , Ireland, and Turkey saw its people spending around only a minimal 6%-7% whilst Sweeden people reserved a lesser budget of only 5,4% for this , Italians seemed to be in favor of fashion , splashing out up to 9% of their total expediture in the same year.

Education, however ,witnessed a different story as it receives less priority as the other two categories. In details , most people in these five coutries spent the least, as low as only 1,98% in Spain while the highest proportion was recorded was in Turkey ( 4,35%) . On the contrary , when Italy and sweeden was exactly the same in this expenditure ( 3,20%  and 3,22% respectively) , Ireland spent only 2,21% .