The table compares the percentages of expenditure which college students from three countries spend on different living expenses each year.
Overall, students’ total expenditure in country A is the highest while accommodation and food account for the significant proportions of the total cost of living in three countries.
In country A, the total expenditure of students is 5000$, compared with 4500$ and 1500$ of students in countries B and C respectively. Accommodation accounts for 45% of students’ expenditure in country A, which is higher than country B (35%) and country C (30%). In terms of food, students in country C spend the largest proportion of their budget (36%), while the figure for students in countries A and B are 22% and 28% respectively.
A high percentage of students’ budget in country C is also spent on books, at 21% compared with 9% for students in country B and just 3% for students in country A. By contrast, students in countries A and B spend 22% and 23% respectively of their expenditure on leisure, while the students in country C just spend 12% on this category.
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