Against Q1/2023, total monthly average expenditure per household rose by 14.6% and per person by 14%.
The monthly average money income totaled RON7,473 per household (RON2,981 per person), up 7.4% from Q4/2023, and the in-kind income reached RON576 per month per household (RON230 per person), up 5.2% from Q4/2023.
Salaries and the other incomes related to them amounted to RON5,539 per household and made up the most important source in total income (68.8% in total household income, up by 2.0% from Q4/2023).
Significant contributions to the formation of the total household income came from the income from social benefits, with RON1,558 monthly per household (19.3% in Q1/2024 and 20.4% in Q4/2023 of the total household income) and from in-kind income (7.2% in Q1/2024 and 7.3% in Q4/2023), which consists of the value of the in-kind income obtained by employees and the recipients of social benefits (1.3% in Q1/2024 and 1.6% in Q4/2023) and the value in lei of the products obtained from own resources (5.9% in Q1/2024 and 5.7% in Q4/2023).
Regarding the area of residence, in urban areas income totaled RON8,993, 1.3 higher than in rural areas.
Monthly average money expenditure stood at RON6,370 per household (RON2,541 per person), up 4.7% from Q4/2023.
The equivalent value of the consumption of agrifood and non-food products from own resources in Q1/2024 stood at RON474 monthly on average per household (RON189 per person), up by 10.7% from Q4/2023.
The main uses of the expenditure incurred by households were consumption (monetary consumption expenses and the value of human consumption from own resources), with RON4,099 monthly per household (59.9%) and taxes, contributions, dues, fees with RON2,323 per household (33.9%).
Also, the meeting of needs related to household production (money expenditure and the equivalent value of the fodder-related consumption from own resources) accounted for an average of RON154 per household (2.3%).
According to the standard classification of consumption expenditure by use (COICOP), food items and non-alcoholic beverages amounting to RON1,380 per household, had a significant weight in the total consumption expenditure of households (33.7%).
These are followed, in terms of size, by the expenditure on the dwelling, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, amounting to RON693 per household, with a weight of 16.9% in the total monthly average consumption expenditure.
The lowest level of expenditure was related to education, with RON34 per household (0.8% of the total monthly average consumption expenditure.
(English version by Catalina Apostoiu)