Households' Income and Consumption Expenditure in the First Quarter of 2025

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I. Households' Income

In the first quarter of 2025, the nationwide per capita disposable income stood at 12,179 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.5 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 5.6 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 15,887 yuan, an increase of 4.9 percent (unless otherwise specified, all growth rates mentioned are nominal), and a real increase of 5.0 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 7,003 yuan, an increase of 6.2 percent, and a real increase of 6.5 percent after deducting price factors.

According to the source of income, in the first quarter of 2025, the per capita income from wages and salaries of residents nationwide was 6,976 yuan, an increase of 5.9 percent, accounting for 57.3 percent of the per capita disposable income; the per capita net business income was 2,071 yuan, an increase of 5.7 percent, accounting for 17.0 percent of the per capita disposable income; the per capita net income from properties was 1,015 yuan, an increase of 2.7 percent, accounting for 8.3 percent of per capita disposable income; the per capita net income from transfer was 2,117 yuan, an increase of 5.5 percent, accounting for 17.4 percent of the per capita disposable income.

In the first quarter of 2025, the median of the nationwide per capita disposable income was 9,939 yuan, an increase of 5.0 percent, and the median was 81.6 percent of the average. Among them, the median of the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 13,450 yuan, an increase of 4.5 percent, and the median was 84.7 percent of the average; the median of the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 5,575 yuan, an increase of 6.3 percent, and the median was 79.6 percent of the average.

Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban and Rural Residents Nationwide for the First Quarter of 2025

II. Consumption Expenditure of Households

In the first quarter of 2025, the nationwide per capita consumption expenditure was 7,681 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.2 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 5.3 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 9,363 yuan, an increase of 4.7 percent, and a real increase of 4.8 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 5,333 yuan, an increase of 5.6 percent, and a real increase of 5.9 percent after deducting price factors.

In the first quarter of 2025, the nationwide per capita consumption expenditure on food, tobacco and liquor was 2,420 yuan, an increase of 2.8 percent, accounting for 31.5 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on clothing was 498 yuan, an increase of 1.2 percent, accounting for 6.5 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on residence was 1,595 yuan, an increase of 2.1 percent, accounting for 20.8 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on household facilities, articles and services was 417 yuan, an increase of 9.6 percent, accounting for 5.4 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on transportation and telecommunication was 1,044 yuan, an increase of 10.4 percent, accounting for 13.6 percent of per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on education, culture and recreation was 823 yuan, an increase of 13.9 percent, accounting for 10.7 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on health care and medical services was 648 yuan, an increase of 3.0 percent, accounting for 8.4 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services was 236 yuan, an increase of 9.9 percent, accounting for 3.1 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure.

Per Capita Consumption Expenditure and Composition for the First Quarter of 2025

Nationwide Income and Consumption Expenditure for the First Quarter of 2025

Item	Absolute Value (yuan)	Growth Rate Y/Y (%) (Real Growth in Brackets)
Nationwide per Capita Disposable Income	12179	5.5（5.6）
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban residents	15887	4.9（5.0）
Rural residents	7003	6.2（6.5）
Grouped by Income Source
Income from wages and salaries	6976	5.9
Net business income	2071	5.7
Net income from properties	1015	2.7
Net income from transfer	2117	5.5
Median of Nationwide per Capita Disposable Income	9939	5.0
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban residents	13450	4.5
Rural residents	5575	6.3
Nationwide per Capita Consumption Expenditure	7681	5.2（5.3）
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban residents	9363	4.7（4.8）
Rural residents	5333	5.6（5.9）
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, tobacco and liquor	2420	2.8
Clothing	498	1.2
Residence	1595	2.1
Household facilities, articles and services	417	9.6
Transportation and telecommunication	1044	10.4
Education, culture and recreation	823	13.9
Health care and medical services	648	3.0
Miscellaneous goods and services	236	9.9
Notes: 1. Nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of residents = (per capita disposable income of residents in the current year / per capita disposable income of residents in the previous year - 1)* 100%; actual growth rate of per capita disposable income of residents = (per capita disposable income of residents in the current year / per capita disposable income of residents in the previous year / per capita consumer price index of residents in the same period100 - 1) 100%. 2. The per capita income and consumption expenditure data nationwide is derived from a sampling survey of 160,000 households across the country, and is weighted and summarized based on 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 consumption expenditure items nationwide exceeds the growth range of corresponding income and consumption expenditure items of urban and rural residents. Especially In the process of urbanization, a segment of the rural population with relatively high incomes moves to urban areas, but belongs to lower-income groups in urban settings. Their migration exerts a downward effect on both the income and consumption expenditure of urban and rural residents to some extent. Nonetheless, whether in urban or rural areas, their growth effect is reflected in the overall income and expenditure growth of all residents. 3. In the growth column compared with the previous year, the data in brackets are real growth rates, while others are nominal growth rates. 4. The average and median income are statistics reflecting the trend of residents' 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.

Income and Consumption Expenditure of Urban and Rural Residents for the First Quarter of 2025

Item	Absolute Value (yuan)	Nominal Growth Y/Y (%)
Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents	15887	4.9
Grouped by Income Source
Income from wages and salaries	9706	5.2
Net business income	2018	6.6
Net income from properties	1595	1.5
Net income from transfer	2568	4.6
Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Urban Residents	9363	4.7
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, tobacco and liquor	2863	2.2
Clothing	616	0.8
Residence	2044	1.0
Household facilities, articles and services	496	10.3
Transportation and telecommunication	1269	10.4
Education, culture and recreation	1013	14.4
Health care and medical services	745	1.4
Miscellaneous goods and services	317	10.3
Per Capita Disposable Income of Rural Residents	7003	6.2
Grouped by Income Source
Income from wages and salaries	3164	6.7
Net business income	2145	4.7
Net income from properties	206	8.4
Net income from transfer	1488	6.9
Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Rural Residents	5333	5.6
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, tobacco and liquor	1803	3.5
Clothing	333	1.4
Residence	968	4.2
Household facilities, articles and services	307	7.6
Transportation and telecommunication	730	9.6
Education, culture and recreation	557	11.7
Health care and medical services	513	5.8
Miscellaneous goods and services	122	6.5

Annotations:

1.Explanatory Notes

Disposable income of residents 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 income from wages and salaries, net business income, net income from properties and net income from transfer.

Consumption expenditure of residents refers to all the expenditures that residents use to meet their daily needs, including both cash and physical consumption. Consumption expenditure includes eight categories: food, tobacco and liquor, clothing, residence, household facilities, articles and services, transportation and telecommunication, education, culture and recreation, health care and medical services, and miscellaneous goods and services.

The median of the nationwide per capita disposable income refers to the per capita disposable income of residents that 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 consumption expenditure data do not cover the income and consumption of the self-produced and self-used parts of residents, which are included in the annual income and consumption expenditure data.

2. Survey Methods

The national and sub urban and rural residents' income and consumption expenditure data come from the household income and consumption expenditure and living conditions surveys organized and implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics of China, which is released quarterly.

Using a stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method proportional to the size of population, the National Bureau of Statistics of China randomly selected 160,000 households in 2,000 counties (cities, administrative regions) of 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) as surveyed households.

According to the unified system and method, the survey organizations directly under the National Bureau of statistics of China will organize the surveyed households to record and collect the data of residents' income, expenditure, family operation, production and investment; meanwhile, according to the unified questionnaire, collect other information such as the employment of household members and labor force, the ownership of housing and durable consumer goods, and the coverage of residents' 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 of China for unified summary and calculation.

3. Additional Description

Due to the rounding-off reasons, the subentries may not add up to the aggregate totals.