In 2023, the total monthly average expenditure of the population was RON6223 per household (RON2491per person) and accounted for 86.7% of the total income, increasing by RON612 compared to 2022.
In 2023, the monthly average money income was RON6,644 per household (RON2,659 per person), increasing by 10.8% compared to 2022, and the in-kind income was RON531 monthly per household (RON213 per person), 13.0% higher than in 2022.
Salaries and other income related to them amounted to RON4,794 monthly per household and were the most important source of the total income (66.8% of the total household income, 0.3 percentage points less than in 2022). Significant contributions to the
formation of the total household income came from the income from social benefits, with RON1,464 monthly per household (20.4% in 2023 and 19.9% in 2022, respectively, of the total household income), and by the in-kind income (7.4% in 2023 and 7.3% in 2022, respectively), which consists of the value of the in-kind income obtained by employees and the recipients of social benefits (1.6% in 2023 and 1.4% in 2022, respectively) and the value in lei of the products obtained from own resources (5.8% in 2023 and 5.9% in 2022, respectively).
Regarding the area of residence, the level of the total monthly average income per household in urban areas was RON7,961 in 2023 , 1.3 times more than in rural areas, and the income per person was RON3,420, 1.5 times more than in rural areas.
In terms of the structure of the total income, in 2023, in urban areas, the weight of gross salary income and other salary rights in the total income was 72.8%, 15.7 percentage points more than in rural areas, while, in rural areas, the income from social benefits accounted for 21.6%, higher by 1.9 percentage points than in urban areas.
The in-kind income weight was 12.4% in rural areas, 2.9 times greater than in urban areas.
In 2023, the monthly average money expenditure was RON5,808 per household (RON2,325 per person), 11.1% higher than in 2022
and 11.6% higher than the average per person, respectively.
The equivalent value of the consumption of agri-food products from own resources, in 2023 was RON415 monthly per household (RON166 per person), increasing by 8.6% compared to 2022.
In 2023, the main uses of the expenditure incurred by households were consumption (monetary consumption expenses and the value of human consumption from own resources), with RON3,860 monthly per household (62.0%), and the transfers to public and private administration and to social insurance budgets in the form of taxes, contributions, dues, fees with RON1,974 per
household (31.7%), as well as the meeting of needs related to household production (money expenditure and the equivalent value of the fodder-related consumption from own resources) with RON129 per household (2.1%).
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 RON6,840, 1.3 times higher than in rural areas. Thus, one person from urban areas spent, on average, RON2,938 monthly, 1.5 times more than one person from rural areas. In terms of the structure of the total expenditure, in urban areas, the weight of the expenditure on taxes, contributions, dues and fees in the total expenditure was 35.2%, 9.0 percentage points more than in rural areas, while, in rural areas, the share of the equivalent value of the consumption of food and non-food products from own resources in the total expenditure was 12.1%, i.e. 3.8 times higher than in urban areas.
According to the standard classification of consumption expenditure by use (COICOP), food goods and non-alcoholic leverages, amounting to RON1,351 per household, had a significant weight in the total consumption expenditure of households (35.0%). This is followed, in terms of size, by the expenditure on the dwelling, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, amounting to RON587 per household, with a weight of 15.2% in the total monthly average consumption expenditure.
Expenditure on alcoholic beverages and tobacco (RON284 per household), on clothing and footwear (RON282 per household) and on transportation (RON281 per household) made up 7.3% of the total monthly average consumption expenditure, placing third in the ranking of total consumptionp-related expenditure. The lowest level of expenditure was related to on education, with RON18 per household (0.5% of the total monthly average consumption expenditure).