March 29, 2023
Data from the latest Household Budget Survey (HBS) show that in 2020, 60.6% of the household consumption expenditure in 23 EU countries, for which data are currently available, was spent on housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels (32.7%), food and non-alcoholic beverages (17.1%), and transport (10.8%).
An additional fifth (20.4%) of household budgets in the EU members in 2020 was spent on recreation and culture (6.7%), furnishings and household equipment (4.9%), restaurants and hotels (4.8%) and clothing and footwear (4.0%).
A deeper analysis indicates differences between countries. Expenditure on housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels represented the highest share of household budgets in the vast majority of EU countries, ranging from 8.4% in Malta to 49.2% in Hungary.
The second most important item was expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages for most Member States. In Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, Austria and Slovenia, the second position was for transport.
Estonia and Malta had different patterns where food and non-alcoholic beverages represented the most important expenditure item, with 22.3% and 19.8% of household budgets, respectively.
Source: Eurostat
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