In 2022, the total monthly average expenditure of the population was RON5.611 per household (RON2.235 per person) and accounted for 86.8% of the total income, increasing by one percentage point compared to 2021.
In 2022, the monthly average money income was RON5.994 per household (RON2.388 per person), higher by 12.8% compared to 2021, and the in-kind income was RON470 monthly per household (RON187 per person), 27.2% higher than in 2021. Salaries and other income related to them amounted to RON4.340 monthly per household and were the most important source of the total income (67.1% of the total household income, lower by 1.9 percentage points than in 2021).
As regards the area of residence, the total monthly average income per household was RON7.227, 1.3 times more than in rural areas, and the income per person was RON3.021, 1.5 times more than in rural areas.
In 2022, the monthly average money expenditure was RON5.229 per household (RON2.083 per person), 14.4% higher than in 2021 and 15.5% higher than the average per person in 2021, respectively. The equivalent value of the consumption of agrifood products from own resources) was RON382 monthly per household (RON152 per person), higher by 24.8% compared to 2021.
In 2022, households’ income went mostly into consumption, with RON3.450 monthly per household (61.5%), into transfers to public and private administration and to social security budgets in the form of taxes, contributions, dues (RON1.799 per household – 32.1%), as well as into meeting the needs related to household production (animal and poultry food, payment for work on household production, products for sowing, veterinary services etc.), with RON133 per household (2.4%).
Depending on the area of residence, there are differences in the level of the total monthly average expenditure. In urban areas, the monthly average expenditure per household was RON6.226, 1.3 times higher than in rural areas. This means that one person from an urban area spent, on average, RON2.602 monthly, 1.5 times more than one person from a rural area.