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Tuesday, 16.04.2024, 20:46
Share of Latvian households spending on pets accounts for 37%
Print versionDue to the rise
of 27% in consumer prices of pet-related products and veterinary services
during the past ten years, the consumption expenditure on pets at constant
prices went up 2.1 times.
Bulk (85%) of
the expenditure on pets was formed by costs of pet foods, veterinary and
grooming products for pets, collars, leashes, kennels, birdcages, fish tanks,
cat litters, etc. Veterinary and other services for pets such as grooming,
boarding, tattooing and training constituted 11% and pet purchase comprised 4%
of the total pet costs. Over the last ten years, structure of these costs has
not changed notably.
In 2016, household consumption
expenditure comprised on average 333 euros per household member monthly.
Expenditure on food, housing,
transport, clothing and footwear, and health constituted two thirds (68%) of
the total consumption expenditure. The rest of the consumption expenditure (32%)
was formed by costs of miscellaneous goods and services, recreation and
culture, restaurants and hotels, furnishing, household equipment and routine
maintenance of the house, communication, alcoholic beverages, and education.
More information
on the results of the Household Budget Survey 2016 is available in the CSB
database section Household Budget.
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