Average Monthly Household Expenditure and Consumption in Jordanian Dinar (JD) in  Palestine

by  Commodities, Services and Groups, (1996-2011)

 

Commodities and Services

Palestine

1996

1997

1998

2001

2004

2005

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

Number of Households in the Sample

4,500

3,275

2,836

3,022

3,098

2,152

1,281

1,231

3,848

3,757

4,317

Average Household Size

6.9

7.1

7

6.9

6.6

6.5

6.4

6.4

6.0

6.0

6.0

Cash Expenditure on Food

229.3

222.9

220.3

183.1

192.6

198.8

208.1

223.8

284.3

322.4

339.7

Bread and Cereals

42.6

37.0

34.2

28.2

31.5

30.6

32.3

34.8

48.6

51.0

54.3

Meat and Poultry

55.8

57.9

61.4

45.9

48.1

52.3

53.3

59.8

72.5

82.3

85.3

Fish and Sea Products

4.3

4.1

3.9

3.5

3.9

3.9

4.3

4.2

6.8

7.5

7.4

Dairy Products and Eggs

19.6

20.0

18.8

17.2

17.0

16.7

18.3

18.7

23.2

25.4

27.7

Oil and Fats

10.3

7.9

9.4

5.8

6.9

6.8

8.4

8.1

10.3

13.6

13.9

Fruits and nuts

21.7

21.2

21.4

17.1

17.4

17.9

17.0

18.6

23.5

25.6

26.6

Vegetables, legumes and tubers

30.0

31.9

31.0

28.9

26.7

26.1

28.0

30.0

37.3

43.1

43.1

Sugar and Confectionary

14.2

12.6

11.7

11.7

11.2

12.5

13.0

13.3

15.1

17.5

18.8

Non-alcohol beverages

10.7

10.7

11.1

8.5

8.6

8.9

9.0

10.5

12.8

15.1

16.3

Salt, spices and other food

10.1

9.7

8.9

8.1

10.3

10.9

11.5

11.5

14.4

17.0

19.1

Take away food and meals in restaurants

9.9

9.9

8.5

8.1

11.0

12.1

13.0

14.4

19.8

24.3

27.3

Own produced food in kind

10.2

9.3

7.8

7.0

8.2

7.8

7.8

9.6

12.9

10.2

11.3

Total Food Consumption

239.4

232.2

228.1

190.1

200.7

206.6

216.0

233.3

297.2

332.7

351.0

Non-food cash expenditure

311.1

304.7

287.1

295.3

305.9

334.2

345.6

342.0

445.2

490.3

519.0

Clothing and footwear

50.0

49.8

46.0

33.7

35.4

42.2

38.1

43.6

55.2

55.9

62.2

Housing

39.3

41.5

39.8

50.9

52.6

51.7

55.2

40.3

68.9

76.7

82.6

Furniture and utensils

31.1

25.6

22.6

24.0

24.2

28.1

26.4

26.9

30.3

35.2

40.2

Household Operation

8.3

7.6

7.2

8.0

7.9

8.7

9.5

11.2

12.3

13.9

13.8

Medical Care

20.5

22.9

21.4

19.4

28.9

21.5

28.3

28.5

41.7

35.1

34.9

Transport and Communication

63.7

61.8

55.4

60.0

69.2

77.5

81.0

88.6

114.0

103.0

139.1

Education

20.4

20.3

19.5

25.6

17.9

19.5

23.3

20.9

27.3

31.9

28.8

Recreation

18.5

16.0

16.7

17.2

13.1

15.1

11.6

14.8

16.4

31.4

13.8

Personal Care

13.1

11.9

11.4

11.6

13.2

14.7

14.9

16.2

21.0

13.4

26.2

Tobacco

25.5

27.8

25.2

23.9

23.2

27.1

27.3

28.1

32.3

24.4

43.1

Alcohol beverages

0.3

0.1

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.1

38.7

0.1

Other non-food consumption expenditure

20.5

19.4

21.8

20.8

20.1

27.8

30.0

22.1

25.1

0.2

33.5

social protection

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_

_

_

0.2

0.4

0.3

0.7

0.5

0.4

0.6

Own produced non-food in kind

86.7

92.1

84.8

99.4

94.0

92.8

92.0

100.8

108.2

111.2

115.8

Other than Food

1.5

1.1

1.0

1.4

1.1

1.2

1.0

1.3

2.2

1.4

1.9

Estimated rent value of own dwelling

85.2

91.0

83.8

98.0

92.9

91.6

90.9

99.4

105.9

109.8

113.9

Total Non-Food Consumption

397.9

396.7

371.9

394.7

400.0

427.1

437.6

442.7

553.4

601.5

634.8

Total Consumption

637.3

628.9

600.0

584.9

600.7

633.7

653.6

676.0

850.6

934.1

985.8

Own produced food in kind

10.2

9.3

7.8

7.0

8.2

7.8

7.8

9.6

12.9

10.2

11.3

Own produced non-food in kind

86.7

92.1

84.8

99.4

94.0

92.8

92.0

100.8

108.2

111.2

115.8

Remittances in cash

20.0

19.2

15.8

15.0

15.5

22.5

18.5

19.7

24.3

29.3

32.7

Taxes in cash

2.6

2.1

1.0

2.4

5.2

3.4

3.3

1.7

4.2

5.0

5.1

Other than non- Consumption expenditure

28.9

30.7

22.7

14.5

16.1

24.9

15.0

20.8

31.3

39.9

48.9

Total Cash Expenditure

591.8

579.5

546.9

510.4

535.2

583.8

590.5

607.8

789.3

886.9

945.4