Ielts Academic Writing Task 1 Table The Table Below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002

The Table Below gives information on consumer spending on different items in five different countries in 2002.

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

Write at least 150 words

Ielts Academic Writing Task Table Consumer Spending 

The given table elucidates national consumer spending on three classes of goods and services in five countries: Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002.

Quit strikingly, expenditure on food/drinks/tobaccos was highest in all classes, while leisure/education accounted for the lowest spending.  Turkish spent higher than others except in clothing and footwear, while Swedes incurred least on all items except leisure/ education,

On food and drinks, in terms of spending out of national expenditure, Turkish incurred highest, 32.14%, followed by Irish, 28.91%, while spending of rest of countries was under 20%: Spaniards spent 18.80%, followed by Italians, 16.36%, and Swedish, 15.77%  

Similarly, Turkish lead in spending out of their national expenditure on leisure and education, 4.33%, which was more than double of what Spaniards incurred, 1.98%. In this case, people of Sweden and Italy had almost identical spending, 3.22% and 3.20% respectively.  

In contrast, Italians lead when it came to spending on clothing and footwear, 9%. All other nationalities, except Swedish, their spending was 5.40%, spent around 6.5%.