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
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| 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%.
