Outline:
-1st paragraph: introduction;
- 2nd paragraph: an overall trend;
- 3rd paragraph: the highest figures - Turkey (food/drinks/tobacco and leisure/education), Italy (clothing/footwear);
-4th paragraph: the lowest figures – Sweden (Food/drinks/tobacco and clothing/footwear) and Spain (leisure/education).
Essay:
The table illustrates the proportion of consumer expenditure for three different items in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002
Overall, the consumption of food, drinks and tobacco reached the largest proportions of the consumer expenditure in all five countries. By contrast, the leisure and education fields in these countries had the lowest rates.
As can be seen clearly, the percentage of spending on food, drinks and tobacco occupied the bulk in Turkey and Ireland, respectively with 32.24% in Turkey and nearly 29% in Ireland. The former also witnessed the highest in the proportions of leisure and education spent at 4.35%. Meanwhile, Italy had the minor figures for 2 these categories in given countries, but the largest figures for clothing and footwear, at 9%.
By contrast, Sweden had the lowest percentages in consumer expenditure for clothing/footwear, at 5.40%, and food/drinks/tobacco, at 15.77%. The consumption of leisure and education category was the lowest proportion in Spain, at nearly 2%, whereas the remaining items were considerably lower, at nearly 19% and 6.51%, than that in the other countries.
-1st paragraph: introduction;
- 2nd paragraph: an overall trend;
- 3rd paragraph: the highest figures - Turkey (food/drinks/tobacco and leisure/education), Italy (clothing/footwear);
-4th paragraph: the lowest figures – Sweden (Food/drinks/tobacco and clothing/footwear) and Spain (leisure/education).
Essay:
The table illustrates the proportion of consumer expenditure for three different items in Ireland, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Turkey in 2002
Overall, the consumption of food, drinks and tobacco reached the largest proportions of the consumer expenditure in all five countries. By contrast, the leisure and education fields in these countries had the lowest rates.
As can be seen clearly, the percentage of spending on food, drinks and tobacco occupied the bulk in Turkey and Ireland, respectively with 32.24% in Turkey and nearly 29% in Ireland. The former also witnessed the highest in the proportions of leisure and education spent at 4.35%. Meanwhile, Italy had the minor figures for 2 these categories in given countries, but the largest figures for clothing and footwear, at 9%.
By contrast, Sweden had the lowest percentages in consumer expenditure for clothing/footwear, at 5.40%, and food/drinks/tobacco, at 15.77%. The consumption of leisure and education category was the lowest proportion in Spain, at nearly 2%, whereas the remaining items were considerably lower, at nearly 19% and 6.51%, than that in the other countries.
