Statizoid

Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure by country

Share of consumer expenditures that are spent on food. This only includes food eaten at home, and does not include alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

Countries reporting
103
Highest
59.3%
Nigeria
Lowest
6.8%
United States
Median
23.1%
Years covered
7
2017–2023
Data points
727

What the numbers show

Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 59.3% in Nigeria; the lowest is 6.8% in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 23.1%, and the mean is 25.4%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 9.

Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Venezuela (up 169.6%), and the largest decrease in Ethiopia (down 33.0%).

Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Nigeria 59.3% 2023 up 0.6% flat
2 Myanmar 53.9% 2023 down 4.2% flat
3 Bangladesh 52.8% 2023 down 1.3% flat
4 Venezuela 52.0% 2023 up 169.6% rising
5 Laos 50.5% 2023 up 1.0% flat
6 Kazakhstan 50.4% 2023 up 13.0% rising
7 Angola 50.0% 2023 up 3.1% flat
8 Uzbekistan 46.3% 2023 up 53.0% rising
9 Cameroon 45.8% 2023 up 0.9% flat
10 Azerbaijan 42.7% 2023 up 9.7% rising
11 Kenya 42.1% 2023 down 19.8% falling
12 Ukraine 41.7% 2023 down 1.0% flat
13 Cambodia 40.7% 2023 down 4.1% flat
14 Ghana 39.1% 2023 down 5.7% falling
15 Georgia 39.0% 2023 up 20.2% rising
16 Uganda 38.6% 2023 down 13.0% falling
17 Ethiopia 37.9% 2023 down 33.0% falling
18 Pakistan 37.8% 2023 down 4.6% flat
19 Cote d'Ivoire 37.7% 2023 down 6.7% falling
20 Philippines 37.3% 2023 down 11.4% falling
21 Algeria 37.2% 2023 down 0.4% flat
22 Lebanon 37.1% 2023 up 79.6% rising
23 Egypt 36.9% 2023 up 10.0% rising
24 Turkmenistan 36.5% 2023 down 3.3% flat
25 Guatemala 35.1% 2023 down 14.5% falling
26 Vietnam 34.9% 2023 down 10.0% falling
27 Morocco 34.5% 2023 up 1.7% flat
28 Indonesia 33.5% 2023 up 5.2% rising
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 32.1% 2023 up 4.6% flat
30 Honduras 31.5% 2023 down 4.1% flat
31 North Macedonia 30.6% 2023 down 0.4% flat
32 India 29.9% 2023 up 0.2% rising
33 Belarus 29.5% 2023 down 9.9% falling
34 Paraguay 29.3% 2023 down 8.9% falling
35 Bolivia 29.3% 2023 up 0.2% flat
36 Iraq 28.7% 2023 down 5.6% falling
37 Dominican Republic 28.1% 2023 up 4.7% flat
38 Iran 27.9% 2023 down 0.9% flat
39 Sri Lanka 27.1% 2023 down 2.8% flat
40 Peru 26.9% 2023 up 2.2% flat
41 El Salvador 26.7% 2023 up 0.8% flat
42 Malaysia 26.4% 2023 up 22.8% rising
43 Tanzania 26.2% 2023 down 21.1% falling
44 Thailand 25.9% 2023 up 6.5% rising
45 Ecuador 25.9% 2023 down 1.0% flat
46 Mexico 25.7% 2023 up 9.7% rising
47 Russia 25.3% 2023 down 9.3% flat
48 Romania 25.1% 2023 down 9.6% falling
49 Jordan 25.0% 2023 down 15.9% falling
50 Montenegro 24.8% 2022 down 10.2% falling
51 Serbia 24.1% 2023 down 6.0% falling
52 Argentina 23.1% 2023 down 18.5% falling
53 Turkey 22.8% 2023 up 4.9% rising
54 Tunisia 22.3% 2023 up 1.2% rising
55 Costa Rica 21.3% 2023 down 17.6% flat
56 China 21.2% 2023 down 2.2% flat
57 Bulgaria 20.7% 2023 up 8.0% rising
58 Colombia 20.6% 2023 up 7.4% flat
59 Saudi Arabia 20.5% 2023 down 0.3% flat
60 Estonia 19.9% 2023 down 1.9% flat
61 Latvia 19.6% 2023 up 9.8% rising
62 Chile 19.4% 2023 up 20.3% rising
63 Lithuania 19.4% 2023 down 10.3% falling
64 Slovakia 19.4% 2023 up 6.7% rising
65 Kuwait 19.2% 2023 down 0.1% flat
66 Uruguay 18.7% 2023 up 0.3% flat
67 Oman 18.7% 2023 down 17.6% falling
68 Poland 18.6% 2023 up 10.7% rising
69 Croatia 18.5% 2023 down 19.7% falling
70 Portugal 17.3% 2023 up 3.8% rising
71 Hungary 16.8% 2023 down 7.5% falling
72 Greece 16.4% 2023 down 3.0% rising
73 Brazil 16.2% 2023 up 3.1% flat
74 South Africa 16.1% 2023 down 24.9% falling
75 Israel 15.8% 2023 down 2.4% flat
76 Japan 15.8% 2023 down 0.7% flat
77 Czechia 15.7% 2023 down 3.8% flat
78 Panama 15.4% 2023 down 1.9% flat
79 Italy 14.7% 2023 up 3.3% rising
80 Qatar 14.6% 2023 up 19.0% rising
81 Slovenia 13.9% 2023 down 4.8% flat
82 Taiwan 13.8% 2023 down 6.0% falling
83 Bahrain 13.6% 2023 up 2.0% flat
84 Sweden 13.0% 2023 up 5.0% flat
85 Spain 12.9% 2023 up 5.2% rising
86 New Zealand 12.8% 2023 down 4.8% falling
87 France 12.6% 2023 down 4.9% flat
88 South Korea 12.3% 2023 down 10.6% falling
89 Finland 12.3% 2023 up 5.5% rising
90 United Arab Emirates 12.2% 2023 down 10.9% falling
91 Belgium 12.2% 2023 down 9.0% flat
92 Denmark 11.9% 2023 up 3.3% flat
93 Norway 11.7% 2023 down 0.7% flat
94 Netherlands 11.7% 2023 up 2.4% flat
95 Germany 11.6% 2023 up 9.0% rising
96 Hong Kong 11.5% 2023 down 21.7% falling
97 Austria 10.1% 2023 up 2.1% rising
98 Australia 9.9% 2023 up 6.5% rising
99 Canada 9.7% 2023 up 6.2% rising
100 Switzerland 9.0% 2023 down 1.6% flat
101 United Kingdom 8.7% 2023 up 6.2% rising
103 Singapore 7.0% 2023 up 1.5% rising
104 United States 6.8% 2023 up 6.1% rising

About this data

Indicator
Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure
Unit
%
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

Share of consumer expenditures that are spent on food. This only includes food eaten at home, and does not include alcoholic beverages and tobacco.