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Average expenditure by households Catalonia Value
Average annual expenditure per household (euros) Per person Per unit of consumption Total expenditure (millions of euros)
2024 37,409 (b) Break in time series 14,746 (b) Break in time series 21,906 (b) Break in time series 117,770.3 (b) Break in time series
2023 34,259 (b) Break in time series 13,592 (b) Break in time series 20,147 (b) Break in time series 107,219.2 (b) Break in time series
2022 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2021 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2020 29,235 11,872 17,549 89,859.3
2019 32,916 13,414 19,833 100,969.9
2018 32,586 13,270 19,626 98,870.7
2017 31,619 12,833 19,028 94,647.6
2016 30,446 12,309 18,297 90,344.1
Source: Idescat, based on the INE Household Budget Survey (base 2016).
Note: The data published in 2023 include the population figures from the Census 2021. This change implies a break in the data series published so far, preventing homogeneous comparisons. Moreover, to obtain the rates of change for the year 2023 with relation to the previous year, the homogeneous data for 2022 have been calculated.
(b) Break in time series.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Average expenditure by households Spain Value
Average annual expenditure per household (euros) Per person Per unit of consumption Total expenditure (millions of euros)
2024 34,044 (b) Break in time series 13,626 (b) Break in time series 20,114 (b) Break in time series .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2023 32,617 (b) Break in time series 13,120 (b) Break in time series 19,357 (b) Break in time series .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2022 31,408 12,581 18,609 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2021 29,167 11,585 17,187 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2020 26,996 10,848 16,058 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2019 30,243 12,152 18,006 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2018 29,871 12,019 17,814 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2017 29,188 11,726 17,400 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
2016 28,200 11,312 16,803 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Source: INE. Survey of Family Budgets.
Note: The data published in 2023 include the population figures from the Census 2021. This change implies a break in the data series published so far, preventing homogeneous comparisons. Moreover, to obtain the rates of change for the year 2023 with relation to the previous year, the homogeneous data for 2022 have been calculated.
(b) Break in time series.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: October 29, 2025.

Methodological note

Household expenditure consists of the entire flow of money that household economies devote to the acquisition of consumer items, plus supplies, self-consumption goods, or any salary in kind, despite these last items not implying any monetary flow.

The expenditure can be calculated per person in the household and unit of consumption in the household. In order to obtain the units of consumption we use the so-called equivalence scales, which turn household members into units of consumption. These equivalence scales are applied because economies of scale are generated when a household shares certain goods and services, which means that the needs of a household with n persons are sometimes lower than the needs of a household with just one person.

In this case we use the modified OECD scale, which gives the following values to each member of the household:

  • Main provider: 1
  • Adult other than 13: 0,5
  • Child 13 and under: 0,3

The total expenditure of a household is divided by the number of units of consumption in the household and we thus obtain the equivalent expenditure per unit of consumption. Each member of a household is assigned the equivalent expenditure of his or her household.

Expenditure is presented classified according to the Classification of the Functions of Individual Consumption (COICOP/HBS) until 2015. From 2016 onwards, the European Classification of the Functions of Individual Consumption (ECOICOP) is used. These two classifications are not entirely comparable.

From 2024 onwards, it has been included the new United Nations International Classification of Consumption known as ECOICOP 2018 (European Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose), which replaces the classification that had been used since 2016.

These statistics are conducted upon the basis of the Family Budget Survey carried out each year by the INE. Idescat processes this data in detail on a yearly basis, expanding the results for Catalonia.

For further information about these statistics, you may check the methodology.