Households' Income and Consumption Expenditure in the First Half Year of 2022

National Bureau of Statistics of China 2022-07-18 17:16 Print| Large| Medium| Small

I. Households' Income

In the first half of the year, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 18,463 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.7 percent over the same period last year, and a real increase of 3.0 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 25,003 yuan, an increase of 3.6 percent (unless otherwise specified below, it was a year-on-year nominal increase), and the actual increase was 1.9 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 9,787 yuan, an increase of 5.8 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual increase was 4.2 percent.

In the first half of the year, the median per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 15,560 yuan, an increase of 4.5 percent, and the median was 84.3 percent of the average. Among them, the median per capita disposable income of urban residents was 22,324 yuan, an increase of 3.8 percent, and the median was 89.3 percent of the average; the median per capita disposable income of rural residents was 8,410 yuan, an increase of 5.7 percent, and the median was 85.9 percent of the average.

According to the source of income, in the first half of the year, the per capita wage income of residents nationwide was 10,576 yuan, an increase of 4.7 percent, accounting for 57.3 percent of disposable income; the per capita net operating income was 2,841 yuan, an increase of 3.2 percent, accounting for 15.4 percent of disposable income; the per capita net property income was 1,665 yuan, an increase of 5.2 percent, accounting for 9.0 percent of disposable income; the per capita net transfer income was 3,382 yuan, an increase of 5.6 percent, accounting for 18.3 percent of disposable income.

The Average and median per capita disposable income in the first half of 2022

II. Consumption Expenditure of Households

In the first half of the year, the per capita consumption expenditure of residents nationwide was 11,756 yuan, a nominal increase of 2.5 percent over the same period of the previous year. After deducting the impact of price factors, the actual increase was 0.8 percent. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 14,677 yuan, an increase of 0.8 percent, and after deducting price factors, the actual decline was 0.9 percent; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 7,881 yuan, an increase of 5.6 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual growth was 4.0 percent.

In the first half of the year, the national per capita consumption expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol was 3,685 yuan, an increase of 4.2 percent, accounting for 31.3 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; per capita clothing consumption expenditure was 725 yuan, down 2.3 percent, accounting for 6.2 percent of per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita living consumption expenditure was 2,807 yuan, an increase of 6.0 percent, accounting for 23.9 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on household goods and services was 670 yuan, an increase of 0.1 percent, accounting for 5.7 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure of transportation and communication was 1,493 yuan, an increase of 2.6 percent, accounting for 12.7 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on education, culture and entertainment was 1,037 yuan, down 7.4 percent, accounting for 8.8 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on health care was 1,041 yuan, an increase of 2.6 percent, accounting for 8.9 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on other goods and services was 298 yuan, an increase of 4.5 percent, accounting for 2.5 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure.

Per capita consumption expenditure and composition in the first half of 2022

Table 1 Income and Expenditure Nationwide in the First Half Year of 2022

Item

Absolute Value

( yuan)

Y/Y(%)

Actual Growth in Brackets

Total Per Capita Income Nationwide

18463

4.7（3.0）

　Grouped by Permanent Residence

Urban Households

25003

3.6（1.9）

Rural Households

9787

5.8（4.2）

　Grouped by Income Source

Income of Wages and Salaries

10576

4.7

Net Business Income

2841

3.2

Net Income from Property

1665

5.2

Net Income from Transfer

3382

5.6

Total Per Capita Income Nationwide Median

15560

4.5

　Grouped by Permanent Residence

Urban Households

22324

3.8

Rural Households

8410

5.7

Total Per Capita Expenditure Nationwide

11756

2.5（0.8）

　Grouped by Permanent Residence

Urban Households

14677

0.8（-0.9）

Rural Households

7881

5.6（4.0）

　Grouped by Consumption Category

Food, tobacco and liquor

3685

4.2

Clothing

725

-2.3

Residence

2807

6.0

Household facilities, articles and services

670

0.1

Transportation and telecommunication

1493

2.6

Education, culture and recreation

1037

-7.4

Health care and medical services

1041

2.6

Miscellaneous goods and services

298

4.5

Notes:

1.Per capita disposable income of households = per capita disposable income of urban households * proportion of urban population + per capita disposable income of rural households * proportion of rural population.

2.Nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year - 1) * 100%; actual growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year / per capita consumer price index of households in the same period - 1) * 100%.

3.The per capita income and expenditure data of the whole country is based on the basic data of sampling survey of more than 100000 households, and weighted and summarized according to the number of households represented by each sample household. Influenced by urbanization, population migration and other factors, the composition of population in different periods has changed, which sometimes leads to the phenomenon that the growth rate of some income and Expenditure Projects of the whole country exceeds the growth range of corresponding income and Expenditure Projects of urban and rural households. It is mainly in the process of urbanization that some people with higher income in rural areas enter urban areas, but they belong to lower income groups in urban areas, and their migration has a pull down effect on part of the income and expenditure of urban and rural households; however, no matter in urban or rural areas, the growth effect will be reflected in the income and expenditure growth of all households.

4.In the growth column compared with the previous year, the data in brackets is the actual growth rate, while others are the nominal growth rate.

5.The average and median income are statistics reflecting the trend of households' income concentration. The average can not only directly reflect the overall situation, but also reflect the overall structure, which is convenient for the comparison of income levels of different groups, but also vulnerable to the influence of extreme data; the median reflects the situation of the object in the middle position, which is relatively stable and can avoid the influence of extreme data, but cannot reflect the structure.

Table 2: Income and Expenditure of Urban and Rural Households of 2021
Item	Absolute Value (yuan)	Nominal Increase Y/Y (%)

Total Per Capita Income of Urban Households	25003	3.6
Grouped by Income Source
Income of Wages and Salaries	15080	3.6
Net Business Income	2913	2.5
Net Income from Property	2700	3.9
Net Income from Transfer	4309	4.2
Total Per Capita Expenditure of Urban Households	14677	0.8
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, tobacco and liquor	4512	3.1
Clothing	913	-4.8
Residence	3686	5.2
Household facilities, articles and services	837	-1.5
Transportation and telecommunication	1821	1.1
Education, culture and recreation	1294	-11.6
Health care and medical services	1214	-0.5
Miscellaneous goods and services	399	2.2
Total Per Capita Income of Rural Households	9787	5.8
Grouped by Income Source
Income of Wages and Salaries	4600	5.8
Net Business Income	2746	4.2
Net Income from Property	291	9.3
Net Income from Transfer	2151	7.6
Total Per Capita Expenditure of Rural Households	7881	5.6
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, tobacco and liquor	2587	5.8
Clothing	475	3.0
Residence	1641	6.4
Household facilities, articles and services	448	2.8
Transportation and telecommunication	1058	5.2
Education, culture and recreation	695	3.1
Health care and medical services	811	8.4
Miscellaneous goods and services	165	10.1

Annotations:

1.Explanatory Notes

Disposable income of Households refers to the sum of final consumption expenditure and savings that residents can use, that is, the income that residents can use for free disposal, including both cash income and physical income. According to the source of income, disposable income includes wage and salary income, net business income, net property income and net transfer income.

Consumer spending refers to all the expenditures that residents use to meet their daily needs, including both cash and physical consumption. Consumer spending includes eight categories: food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and recreation, medical care and other supplies and services.

The median of the nationwide per capita disposable income of households refers to the per capita disposable income of households which lies in the middle of all surveyed households ranked from low to high on the basis of per capita disposable income level.

The quarterly income and expenditure data do not include the income and consumption of the self-produced and self-used parts of households, and the annual income and expenditure data includes.

2. Survey Methods

The national and sub urban and rural households' income and expenditure data comes from the household income and expenditure and living conditions survey organized and implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics, which is released quarterly.

Using stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method proportional to the size of population, the National Bureau of Statistics randomly selected 160000 households in 1800 counties (cities, districts) of 31 provinces (regions, cities) as survey households.

According to the unified system and method, the survey organizations directly under the National Bureau of statistics will organize the household to record and collect the data of households' income, expenditure, family operation, production and investment; meanwhile, according to the unified questionnaire, collect other surveys such as the employment of household members and labor force, the ownership of housing and durable consumer goods, and the enjoyment of households' basic social and public services. After the completion of data collection, the municipal and county survey organizations use unified methods and data processing procedures to code, review and input the original investigation data, and then directly transmit the basic household data to the National Bureau of Statistics for unified summary and calculation.

3. Due to the rounding of some data, there are differences between total and subtotal.