Consumption expenditure
Data to the private consumption expenditure of households in the New Länder and Berllin

Private consumption expenditure of households in the time comparison
New Länder and Berlin¹

Expenditure	1998		2003		2008		2013		2018
	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 28 February 2020