The following tables show a further breakdown of the Personal Consumption of goods and services items from Expenditure.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics | Clothing and footwear | Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance | Health | Transport | Communications | Recreation and culture | Education | Restaurants and hotels | Miscellaneous goods and services | |
2020 | 8.9315772192749 | 5.4742040486974 | 3.8646411848 | 26.1206522427 | 3.96574848945 | 4.5608214143 | 10.3017941297 | 2.6739929949 | 5.30482591705 | 1.8521100969 | 9.8904076250277 |
Figure 8.1 above shows the contributions of each of the different types of expenditure to the total Households Expenditure on Goods and Services. Of this total we can see that housing, water, electricity, gas & other fuels accounts for 29%. Transport and restaurants & hotels each account for 11% while food & non-alcoholic beverages accounts for 10%.
Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics | Clothing and footwear | Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance | Health | Transport | Communications | Recreation and culture | Education | Restaurants and hotels | Miscellaneous goods and services | |
2019 - 2020 | 2.14154478440566 | 5.11003144730485 | -1.67787602114669 | 0.811475429006344 | -5.43496649147456 | -10.85364535239 | -18.4332733242929 | 18.4973906975289 | -19.200031137092 | -0.707193428686584 | -39.9463649931885 |
Figure 8.2 above shows the percentage change in each of the components of Households Expenditure on Goods and Services in 2020. The categories of spending most effected by COVID-19 and its related economic restrictions were travel related expenditure, restaurants & hotels and recreation & culture.
Personal Consumption of Goods and Services | Actual Individual Consumption | |
2012 | 90.8874296302 | 107.499806416716 |
2013 | 90.862743161 | 107.63503785001 |
2014 | 93.2476702894 | 110.614395412164 |
2015 | 96.2180583095 | 114.084090345055 |
2016 | 101.093824576 | 119.741658334233 |
2017 | 103.4053255015 | 122.930801589581 |
2018 | 107.4807007845 | 127.888348096226 |
2019 | 111.0543325533 | 133.0370931507 |
2020 | 99.504292678 | 124.059668332709 |
Figure 8.3 shows a comparison of Personal Consumption Expenditure and Actual Individual Consumption at constant market prices from 2012 to 2020.
Further information is available in the CSO Information Note on Actual Individual Consumption.
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