Food expenditures in EU make up 12% of household budget, 24% in Serbia

Food expenditures in households in EU make up 12.1% of their total expenditures, whereas, in Serbia, food expenditures account for 24.2% of the total expenditures, according to Eurostat.

The results of the survey, published on the official Eurostat page, show that, in 2018, households in the EU spent over EUR 1,047 billion (equivalent to 6.6% of EU GDP) on 'food and non-alcoholic beverages', whereas those in Serbia spent EUR 7.05 billion, or 16.4% of the GDP.

Food and non-alcoholic beverage expenditures rank as the third most largest category of household expenditure after 'housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels', which accounted for 24% of household expenditure, and 'transport', which accounted for 13.2%. The study gives no data for Serbia in this category.

Households in Romania spent around a fifth of total household consumption expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages (27.8%). The United Kingdom (7.8%) is on the opposite end of the list.

As for former Yugoslav states, food and non-alcoholic drinks made up a considerable portion of the total expenditures in Montenegro (24.8%), Croatia (18.8%) and Slovenia (14%).

The study gives no data for Bosnia and Herzegovina and North Macedonia.

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