Consumption expenditure Private consumption expenditure of households (New Länder)

Continuous household budget surveys (LWR)

Private consumption expenditure of households¹ in the time comparison²
New Länder and Berlin
Expenditure	2016		2017		2019		2020		2021
Expenditure	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%
1: Excluding households of farmers and self-employed persons as well as households with a monthly net household income of EUR 18,000 and over. 2: In the year 2018 not part of the survey. Source: Continuous household budget surveys (household book).
Average per household and month
Private consumption expenditure	2,078	100	2,124	100	2,214	100	2,155	100	2,318	100
Food, beverages and tobacco	309	14.9	316	14.9	321	14.5	351	16.3	372	16.0
Clothing and footwear	91	4.4	93	4.4	92	4.2	84	3.9	92	4.0
Housing, energy, maintenance of the dwelling	706	34.0	715	33.6	723	32.6	757	35.1	794	34.3
Furnishings, equipment and household maintenance	128	6.2	131	6.2	124	5.6	149	6.9	174	7.5
Health	66	3.2	68	3.2	67	3.0	69	3.2	75	3.2
Transport	283	13.6	283	13.3	300	13.5	248	11.5	282	12.2
Postal and telecommunication services	60	2.9	61	2.9	63	2.8	64	3.0	70	3.0
Recreation, entertainment and culture	229	11.0	233	11.0	276	12.5	235	10.9	247	10.7
Education	15	0.7	14	0.7	18	0.8	12	0.6	16	0.7
Restaurants and hotels	115	5.5	127	6.0	145	6.5	104	4.8	109	4.7
Miscellaneous goods and services	75	3.6	83	3.9	86	3.9	82	3.8	86	3.7

As at December 22, 2022

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Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (EVS)

Private consumption expenditure of households in the time comparison
New Länder and Berlin¹
Expenditure	1998		2003		2008		2013		2018
Expenditure	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%	EUR	%
1: Until 2009: New Länder and Berlin-East, from 2010: New Länder and Berlin. Source: Sample Survey of Income and Expenditure (household book).
Average per household and month
Private consumption expenditure	1,711	100	1,828	100	1,857	100	2,048	100	2,329	100
Food, beverages and tobacco	271	16.8	277	15.2	283	15.3	301	14.7	330	14.2
Clothing and footwear	99	5.8	93	5.1	84	4.5	97	4.8	105	4.5
Housing, energy, maintenance of the dwelling	511	29.9	566	31.0	584	31.5	684	33.4	745	32.0
Furnishings, equipment and household maintenance	141	8.2	107	5.8	96	5.2	107	5.2	123	5.3
Health	43	2.5	50	2.7	61	3.3	67	3.3	80	3.4
Transport	237	13.9	259	14.2	275	14.8	278	13.6	310	13.3
Postal and telecommunication services	43	2.5	62	3.4	61	3.3	62	3.0	67	2.9
Recreation, entertainment and culture	216	12.6	244	13.3	230	12.4	242	11.8	294	12.6
Education	8	0.4	15	0.8	13	0.7	17	0.8	21	0.9
Restaurants and hotels	72	4.2	74	4.0	88	4.8	107	5.2	151	6.5
Miscellaneous goods and services	70	4.1	83	4.5	82	4.4	86	4.2	103	4.4

As at February 28, 2020

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