The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different country in 2002.

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The table illustrates how consumers spend on various items in five different countries Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

Overall, the proportion of leisure/education has the lowest number in five countries while the highest percent of items fell into food/drinks/tobacco in five nations.

In terms of food/drinks/tobacco, Turkey spent the most at 32.14 %. The expenditure of Ireland was also high (28.91%) compared to Sweden which spent the least (15.77%). Ireland saw the second highest number (28.91%) while the expenditure of Italy and Spain comes lower than that of Ireland, 16.36% and 18.80% respectively. On the other hand, the lowest expenditure was on leisure/education which accounted for under 5% in all countries.Turkey spent most on these items at 4.35%, which is around double that of Ireland.

Clothing/footwear was the third category of the consumer goods and outlays for these items were between 9% in Italy and 5.40% in Sweden. The national spending in this area for the remaining countries averaged around 6.5%.

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The table ~~illustrates~~ lists how much consumers spend (wrong tense) on various items (What are the items? Rent? School fees? Phone service? Bus tickets? Please be specific. Items are individual things that you spend money on. The table does not show items, or currency. ) in five different countries Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey. (What is the time frame of the data? This is a very inadequate description of the table.)

Overall, the proportion of the budget for leisure/education had the lowest value ~~number in five countries~~ while the highest percent was for ~~of items fell into~~ food/drinks/tobacco ~~in five nations.~~

In terms of food/drinks/tobacco, Turkey (Not correct) spent the most at 32.14 %. The expenditure of Ireland (Not correct) was also high (28.91%) compared to Sweden (Not correct) which spent the least (15.77%). Ireland (Not correct) had ~~saw~~ the second highest value ~~number~~ (28.91%) while the expenditure of Italy (Not correct) and Spain (Not correct) comes (wrong tense) lower than that of Ireland, 16.36% and 18.80% respectively. On the other hand, the lowest expenditure was on l(Not correct) leisure/education which accounted for under 5% in all countries.Turkey (Not correct) spent most on these items at 4.35%, which is around double that of Ireland.

Clothing/footwear was the third category of the consumer goods and outlays for these items were between 9% in Italy and 5.40% in Sweden. The national spending in this area for the remaining countries averaged around 6.5%.

Incorrect writing:

Countries did not spend this money. The citizens of the countries are the ones that spend money, so you need to write the word that means the citizens, not the counties.

Turks - people of Turkey
the Irish - people of Ireland
Swedes - people of Sweden
Italians - people of Italy

Be consistent in using verb tenses.

Model essay:

The table lists the percentage of total spending that people in five different countries allocated to three budget categories (food/drink/tobacco, clothing/footwear and leisure/education) in the year 2002. The countries included are Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey.

Overall, spending was consistently highest in the category "food, drink and tobacco" and lowest for "leisure and education." Turkish people spent a greater percentage of their total spending on these three categories compared to the other four countries, 42%, while Swedes spent the least, 24%. The average spent on the Clothing/Footwear category, 6.8%, was more than twice that of Leisure and Education (2.9%). but about one-third that of Food, Drink and Tobacco (22%).

While Turkish people spent the most for food, drink and tobacco, 32.14%, the Irish came in a close second at 28.91%. The percentages for Italy, Spain, and Sweden were 16.36%, 18.8%, and 15.77% respectively. Spending on the other two categories was a small fraction of the total. Leisure / education was consistently under 5%, with Turkey having the highest value at 4.35%. And that was slightly lower than clothing and footwear, which ranged from 5.40 to 6.63% in all countries with the exception of Italy, an outlier at 9%.

The table below gives information about consumer spending on different items in five different country in 2002.

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