How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Portugal?

7 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Germany vs Portugal: Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure

Germany

3,113 current US$

in 2023

Portugal

3,169 current US$

in 2023

Germany rank

17th

Portugal rank

15th

Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure over time

Germany
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 3,169 current US$ against 3,113 current US$ in Germany, a difference of 56 current US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2017 it was Portugal ahead.

Germany ranks 17th and Portugal ranks 15th of 104 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Portugal	Difference	Ahead
2010s	2,403 current US$	2,502 current US$	98.71 current US$	Portugal
2020s	2,786 current US$	2,829 current US$	43.67 current US$	Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure, Germany or Portugal?: Portugal, at 3,169 current US$ against 3,113 current US$ in Germany as of 2023.
What is the difference in annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure between Germany and Portugal?: 56 current US$, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Portugal?: 7 years are reported by both, from 2017 to 2023.
How do Germany and Portugal rank globally for annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure?: Germany ranks 17th and Portugal ranks 15th of 104 countries.
Where does this data come from?: USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Germany vs Portugal: Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure. Statizoid, drawing on USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/food-expenditure-vs-gdp/germany/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/food-expenditure-vs-gdp/germany/portugal/">Germany vs Portugal: Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure
Unit: current US$
Source: USDA Economic Research Service (2022); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2023); USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 104 places, 727 data points, 2017–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Amount of money spend on food in a given year. This only includes food eaten at home, and does not include alcoholic beverages and tobacco.