IELTS Writing Task 1 - The proportion of national consumers' expenditure on various items

TOPIC: The table below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

MY WORK:
The table illustrates the proportion of national consumers' expenditure on various items in five selected countries in the year 2002. In general, it is clear that all five countries mostly spent on food/drinks/tobacco, while leisure/education accounted the least.

First of all, Ireland and Turkey had the highest percentage of expenditure on food/drinks/tobacco with 28.91 per cent and 32.14 per cent respectively. Italy, Spain and Sweden, on the other hand, did not have as much expense on this category as the rest. For clothing/footwear, the majority of the selected countries shared a quite similar amout. However, Italy stood out with 9 per cent spent on the category.

Spain accounted the lowest proportion for leisure/education with only about 2 per cent. The percentage were slightly higher for Ireland, Italy and Sweden, and Turkey was in the lead with over 4 per cent.

Overall, the table provides information of five particular countries' spending on three different categories, where the expenditures were mostly spent on food/drinks/tobacco.

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  Percentage of National Consumer Expenditure by Category - 2002
  

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