Consumption expenditure
Private consumption expenditure of households (Germany)

Comparison of private consumption expenditure of households1 over time2
Germany
Expenditure201720192020202120223
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: The continuous household budget survey was not conducted in 2018.
3: Since 2022, the continuous household budget surveys have been based on the German Classi­fication of Income and Expenditure of Households (SEA) of 2021. With this new version, there have been several larger changes in individual areas of expenditure compared with the 2013 version of SEA, which was used in the continuous household budget surveys of 2014 to 2021.
| = Funda­mental change within a series affecting compari­sons over time.
- = No figures or magnitude zero.

Source: Continuous household budget surveys (household book).

Monthly average per household
Private consumption expenditure2,5171002,5741002,5071002,6231002,846100
Food, beverages and tobacco34813.835613.838715.440215.341714.6
Clothing and footwear1104.41064.1933.7983.71033.6
Housing, energy, maintenance of the dwelling89735.689034.692336.896636.81,02536.0
Interior decoration, household appliances and articles1405.61415.51606.41676.31706.0
Health983.91044.01074.31154.41184.1
Transport34813.835113.632512.932212.334712.2
Information and communication642.5652.5672.7702.7|122|4.3
Recreation, sport and culture25910.328411.02399.52559.7|245|8.6
Education services180.7210.8150.6180.7190.7
Restaurants and hotels1465.81576.11024.11134.31776.2
Insurance and financial services- - - - - - - - 70.2
Miscellaneous goods and services903.6983.8893.6983.7963.4

As at 28 November 2023