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The share of compulsory expenditure in Estonian household budget remains unchanged in 2016
In 2016, compulsory expenditure in the household
budget was on average 162 euros per month per household member. Although the
compulsory expenditure increased by 5 euros compared to 2015, its share in the
household budget remained at the same level.
In 2016, a household member spent the most on food and
non-alcoholic beverages (95 euros per month), which accounted for 23% of the
total expenditure. Compared to the previous year, expenditure on food increased
by 3 euros per month. Expenditure on dwelling was on average 67 euros per
month, which is 2 euros more than in 2015.
Expenditure on transport was on average 50 euros,
leisure time 41 euros, housekeeping 31 euros and clothing and footwear 22 euros
per month per household member. Compared to 2015, of the listed expenditures,
housekeeping expenses increased the most – from 26 euros to 31 euros.
Households in urban areas spent more on dwelling than
households in rural areas. Per member of an urban household, dwelling expenditure
was 13 euros higher than in rural areas (71 and 58 euros per month,
respectively). Compared to urban households, rural households spent more on
transport – in rural areas slightly more than 14% and in urban areas 11% of the
household budget. While in an urban settlement, a household member spent 48
euros per month on transport, in rural settlements 54 euros was spent per
month.
By county, the largest expenditures of households were
in Harju, Rapla and Tartu county (459, 447 and 427 euros per month per
household member, respectively) and the smallest in Ida-Viru and
Põlva county (296 and 299 euros per month per
household member, respectively).
The estimates are calculated according to the data of
the Household Budget Survey conducted in 2016. More than 4,400 households
participated in the survey. A household is a group of persons who live at
the same address and share joint financial resources and whose members consider
themselves to be members of one household. In 2016, there were over 592,000
households in Estonia and the average size of a household was 2.2 persons.
Mortgage payments, real estate purchases, financial
investments, expenses on major repairs or construction and other investments
are not taken into account as household consumption expenditure.
For the statistical activity “Household Budget
Survey”, the main representative of public interest is the Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Communications, commissioned by whom Statistics Estonia collects
and analyses the data necessary for performing this statistical activity.