In 2024, the total monthly average expenditure of the population was RON7,013 per household (RON2,800 per person), in nominal terms, accounting for 84.8% of the total income and increasing by RON790 compared to 2023.
In 2024, the monthly average money income was RON7,698 per household (RON3,074 per person), increasing by 15.9% compared to 2023, and the in-kind income was RON572 monthly per household (RON228 per person), 7.6% higher than in 2023.
Gross salaries and other salary rights amounted to RON5,557 monthly per household and were the most important source of the total income (67.2% of the total household income, 0.4 percentage points more than in 2023). Significant contributions to the formation of the total household income came from the income from social benefits, with RON1,668 monthly per household (20.2% in 2024 and 20.4% in 2023, respectively, of the total household income), and by the in-kind income (6.9% in 2024 and 7.4% in 2023, respectively), which consists of the value of the in-kind income obtained by employees and recipients of social benefits (1.5% in 2024 and 1.6% in 2023, respectively) and the value in lei of food and non-food products from own resources (5.4% in 2024 and 5.8% in 2023, respectively).
As regards the area of residence, the level of the total monthly average income per household in urban area in 2024 was RON9,207 , 1.3 times more than in the rural area, and the income per person was RON3,924, 1.5 times more than in the rural area. In terms of the structure of the total income, in 2024, in the urban area, the share of gross salary income and other salary rights in the total income was 73.3%, 16.3 percentage points more than in the rural area, while, in the rural area, the share of income from social benefits accounted for 21.4%, higher by 2.0 percentage points than in the urban area. The share of in-kind income was 11.7% in rural area, 2.9 times greater than in the urban area.
In 2024, the monthly average money expenditure was RON6,567 per household (RON2,622 per person), 13.1% higher than in 2023 and 12.8% higher than the average per person, respectively. The equivalent value of the consumption of food and non-food products from own resources, in 2024 was RON446 monthly per household (RON178 per person), increasing by 7.6% compared to 2023.
In 2024, the main uses of the expenditure incurred by households were consumption (money consumption expenditure and the equivalent value of human consumption from own resources), with RON4,248 monthly per household (60.6%), and the transfers to public and private administration and to social insurance budgets in the form of taxes, contributions, dues, fees with RON2,308 per household (32.9%). Expenditure related to household production (money production expenditure and the equivalent value of the fodder-related consumption from own resources) was in 2024 with RON145 per household (2.1%).
Depending on the area of residence, there are differences in the level of the total monthly average expenditure. In the urban area, the monthly average expenditure per household was RON7,740, 1.3 times higher than in the rural area. Thus, one person from the urban area spent, on average, RON3,299 monthly, 1.5 times more than one person from the rural area. In terms of the structure of the total expenditure, in the urban area, the share of the expenditure on taxes, contributions, dues and fees in the total expenditure was 36.4%, 9.2 percentage points more than in the rural area, while, in the rural area, the share of the equivalent value of the consumption of food and nonfood products from own resources in the total expenditure was 11.6%, i.e. 3.7 times higher than in the urban area.
According to the standard Classification of Individual Consumption by purpose (COICOP), food and non-alcoholic beverages, amounting to RON1,433 per household, had a significant share in the total consumption expenditure of households (33.7%). This is followed, in terms of size, by the expenditure on the dwelling, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, amounting to RON629 per household, with a share of 14.8% in the total monthly average consumption expenditure, those for clothing and footwear amounting RON335 per household with a share of 7.9% in the total monthly average consumption expenditure and those for alcoholic beverages and tobacco amounting RON311 per household with a share of 7.3% in the total monthly average consumption expenditure.
The lowest level of monthly average household expenditure was recorded for education, amounting to only RON24 per household (0.6% of the total monthly average consumption expenditure).