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The table 1 **illustrates** the proportion of consumer expenditure in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey on three types of consumer goods in 2002.

Overall, the category of consumer goods that all countries spent most on **was** food, drinks, and tobacco, which **was** three times higher than on the other types of goods. The lowest spending could be seen in the category of leisure and education in all five countries. The outlay of Turkey **was** generally higher than the other four countries.

In terms of food, drinks, and 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%). Spain and Italy spent 18.80% and 16.36% respectively. On the other hand, the lowest expenditure **was** on leisure and education which accounted for under 5% in all countries. Turkey spent most on these items at just 4.35% of their national expenditure which **was** around double that of Spain (1.98%).

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

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