INS data show the average monthly income was RON895.9 per capita in 2013. The monthly average money-income stood at RON2137.5 per household and at RON748.3 per capita. The monthly average non-money income stood at RON421.6 per household and at RON147.6 per capita.
Salary and other salary-related payments were the most significant source of income, making up 51.2% of total household income in 2013, higher by 1.1 percentage points compared to 2012, according to INS.
The total household income includes income from social services (22.8%), agriculture (3.3%), independent non-farming activities (2.8%) and from property and sale of household assets (1.6%). Non-money income accounts for 16.5% of total household income.
In 2013, the total average income per household in urban areas was 32.18% higher compared to households in rural areas and 11.7% higher compared to total households.
In urban areas, salary income accounted for 64% of total household income, social services accounted for 22% and non-money income accounted for 7.8%.
In rural areas, the farming output accounted for the bulk of household income, namely 38.4% of total income, with salary income making up 29% and social services accounting for 24.1% of household income.
The total monthly average spending in Romania stood at RON2,317 per household and RON811 per capita in 2013, accounting for 90.6% of total income, lower by 0.1 percentage points compared to 2012. Household spending mainly targeted the consumption of food and non-food products, the payment of taxes, contributions, dues, as well as other payments covering various household needs. Costs with investments targeting home purchase or construction, the purchase of land and equipment needed for household production, as well as stock purchase, account for a mere 0.6% of total household spending in Romania, the INS said.
According to the standard classification of consumption expenditure, food products and non-alcoholic beverages accounted, on average, for 41.4% of household consumption in 2013.
Costs with running water, electricity, natural gas, fuel, furniture, as well as home outfitting and upkeep, made up 20.6% of total consumption expenditure in the second quarter of 2012. (EUR1=RON4.4063)