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Summary of the Latest Month on Family Income and Expenditure Survey
October 2019
Released on 6 December 2019
Release of "discontinuity-adjusted figures"
Summary of Survey Results
(1) Expenditures for Two-or-more-person Households
The average of monthly consumption expenditures per household for October 2019 was 279,671 yen, down 3.7% in nominal terms and down 4.0% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was down 4.8% in nominal terms and down 5.1% in real terms from the previous year.
(2) Income and Expenditures for Workers' Households
The average of monthly income per household stood at 536,075 yen, up 3.9% in nominal terms and up 3.6% in real terms from the previous year.
"Discontinuity-adjusted figures" was down 0.2% in nominal terms and down 0.5% in real terms from the previous year.
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books.
Statistical Tables
Table 1 Major Figures on Family Budget (Excel:70KB)
Table 2 Average of Monthly Receipts and Disbursements per Household (Excel:100KB)
Note:Since the release of April 2018 result, "Change over the year in %" and "Contribution" from Jan. 2018 have been replaced by "discontinuity-adjusted figures", which are calculated to remove gaps influenced by the revision of account books.
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:204KB)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Seasonally Adjusted Series of Key Items(Excel:130KB)
(Workers' Households)
Statistical Tables(released in the past)
Including agricultural, forestry and fisheries households
Note:Release of "Index of Consumption Expenditure Level" ended with the result of December 2018.After January 2019, please visit "Consumption Trend Index (Adjusted by the Distribution of Household by Number of Household Members and Age Group of Household Head, Two-or-more-person households,workers' households)".
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:508KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:515KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members)
(Workers' Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:527KB)
(adjusted by the distribution of household by number of household members and age group of household head)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Not including agricultural, forestry and fisheries households
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:440KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Two-or-more-person Households)
Index of Consumption Expenditure Level(Excel:443KB)
(adjusted in the level of 4-person households)
(Workers' Households)