Private consumption data are grouped according to the internationally harmonized classification of COICOP (Classification Of Individual Consumption by Purpose). Based on this consumption of households are recorded in 12 main groups.
01 Food and non-alcoholic beverages
02 Alcoholic beverages, tobacco
03 Clothing and footwear (with services), total
04 Housing, maintenance and household energy, total
05 Furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance
06 Health
07 Transport
08 Communication
09 Culture and recreation
10 Education
11 Catering and accommodation services
12 Miscellaneous goods and services
The interactive chart shows the share of different needs compared to the total consumption expenditure in each year since 2003. Lighter colours of shares show increase while darker colours represent decrease (toward the centre of the diagram).
The data of the chart is also available in Excel format.