IELTS Writing: Comparison of Spending in Five European Countries The table compares five European countries with respect to their expense on three categories of daily items in 2002. Overall, people in Turkey spent relatively more than others, and the category of food/drink/tobacco constituted the largest portion of expense in all five countries. In 2002, this category of food and drinks accounted for 32.14% of the household finance in Turkey, closely followed by Ireland (28.91%) and about twice as much as the portions in Italy and Sweden. Not only did the Swedish spend the least on foods and drinks in all five countries, they also ranked the last in the purchase of clothing and footwear. Only 5.4% of the money went to this category, just over half of the portion of Italy (9%), who was the top spender in this group. The figures for the other three countries all stood at around 6.5%. Turkey again went to the first place regarding the cost of leisure/education, with 4.35% of their income invested into it. The Irish and Spanish, on the contrary, only spent about half as much as what the Turkish did in this category, paying 2.21% and 1.98% respectively. The proportions of the other two countries were close, both standing at around 3%.