Households’ Income and Consumption Expenditure in the First Three Quarters of 2025

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I. Households’ Income

In the first three quarters, the nationwide per capita disposable income of residents stood at 32,509 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.1 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 5.2 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 42,991 yuan, an increase of 4.4 percent (unless otherwise specified, all growth rates mentioned are year-on-year nominal growth rates), and a real increase of 4.5 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 17,686 yuan, an increase of 5.7 percent, and a real increase of 6.0 percent after deducting price factors.

According to the source of income, in the first three quarters, the nationwide per capita salary income of residents was 18,659 yuan, an increase of 5.4 percent, accounting for 57.4 percent of the per capita disposable income; the per capita net business income was 5,199 yuan, an increase of 5.3 percent, accounting for 16.0 percent of the per capita disposable income; the per capita net property income was 2,628 yuan, an increase of 1.7 percent, accounting for 8.1 percent of per capita disposable income; the per capita net income from transfers was 6,023 yuan, an increase of 5.3 percent, accounting for 18.5 percent of the per capita disposable income.

In the first three quarters, the median of the nationwide per capita disposable income was 27,149 yuan, an increase of 4.5 percent, and the median was 83.5 percent of the average. Among them, the median of the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 38,224 yuan, an increase of 3.9 percent, and the median was 88.9 percent of the average; the median of the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 15,036 yuan, an increase of 5.1 percent, and the median was 85.0 percent of the average.

II. Consumption Expenditure of Households

In the first three quarters, the nationwide per capita consumption expenditure was 21,575 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.6 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 4.7 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 26,510 yuan, an increase of 3.8 percent, and a real increase of 3.9 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 14,597 yuan, an increase of 5.5 percent, and a real increase of 5.8 percent after deducting price factors.

In the first three quarters, the nationwide per capita consumption expenditure on food, tobacco and liquor was 6,359 yuan, an increase of 2.5 percent, accounting for 29.5 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on clothing was 1,126 yuan, an increase of 1.6 percent, accounting for 5.2 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on residence was 4,665 yuan, an increase of 2.3 percent, accounting for 21.6 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on household facilities, articles and services was 1,224 yuan, an increase of 9.6 percent, accounting for 5.7 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on transportation and telecommunication was 3,103 yuan, an increase of 8.3 percent, accounting for 14.4 percent of per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on education, culture and recreation was 2,531 yuan, an increase of 10.3 percent, accounting for 11.7 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on health care and medical services was 1,928 yuan, an increase of 1.5 percent, accounting for 8.9 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on miscellaneous goods and services was 639 yuan, an increase of 10.3 percent, accounting for 3.0 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure.

Nationwide Income and Consumption Expenditure in the First Three Quarters of 2025

Items	Absolute Value (yuan)	Growth Rate Y/Y (%) (Real Growth in Brackets)
(I) Nationwide per Capita Disposable Income	32509	5.1 (5.2)
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Residents	42991	4.4 (4.5)
Rural Residents	17686	5.7 (6.0)
Grouped by Income Source
Salary Income	18659	5.4
Net Business Income	5199	5.3
Net Property Income	2628	1.7
Net Income from Transfers	6023	5.3
(II) Median of Nationwide per Capita Disposable Income	27149	4.5
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Residents	38224	3.9
Rural Residents	15036	5.1
(III) Nationwide per Capita Consumption Expenditure	21575	4.6 (4.7)
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Residents	26510	3.8 (3.9)
Rural Residents	14597	5.5 (5.8)
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, Tobacco and Liquor	6359	2.5
Clothing	1126	1.6
Residence	4665	2.3
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	1224	9.6
Transportation and Telecommunication	3103	8.3
Education, Culture and Recreation	2531	10.3
Health Care and Medical Services	1928	1.5
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	639	10.3
Notes: 1. Nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of residents = (per capita disposable income of residents in the reporting period / per capita disposable income of residents in the base period - 1) * 100%; real growth rate of per capita disposable income of residents = (per capita disposable income of residents in the reporting period / per capita disposable income of residents in the base period / consumer price index of residents in the reporting period * 100 - 1) * 100%. 2. The nationwide per capita income and consumption expenditure data are derived from a sampling survey of 160 thousand households across the country, and are weighted and summarized based on the number of households represented by each sample household. Influenced by urbanization, population migration, and other factors, the population composition has changed over time by urban-rural areas and regions, leading to instances where the growth rate of certain income and consumption expenditure items nationwide exceeds that of corresponding income and consumption expenditure items for urban and rural residents. Especially during the process of urbanization, a segment of the rural population with relatively high incomes moves to urban areas, but they often belong 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 column of growth rate 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 in the First Three Quarters of 2025

Items	Absolute Value (yuan)	Nominal Growth Rate Y/Y (%)
(I) Per Capita Disposable Income of Urban Residents	42991	4.4
Grouped by Income Source
Salary Income	26037	4.7
Net Business Income	5300	5.8
Net Property Income	4156	0.6
Net Income from Transfers	7498	4.5
(II) Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Urban Residents	26510	3.8
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, Tobacco and Liquor	7641	1.6
Clothing	1407	1.0
Residence	5974	1.1
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	1488	9.4
Transportation and Telecommunication	3779	7.7
Education, Culture and Recreation	3163	10.4
Health Care and Medical Services	2189	0.4
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	869	9.9
(III) Per Capita Disposable Income of Rural Residents	17686	5.7
Grouped by Income Source
Salary Income	8225	6.1
Net Business Income	5056	4.4
Net Property Income	469	6.7
Net Income from Transfers	3936	6.2
(IV) Per Capita Consumption Expenditure of Rural Residents	14597	5.5
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food, Tobacco and Liquor	4546	3.8
Clothing	729	2.2
Residence	2813	4.6
Household Facilities, Articles and Services	852	9.1
Transportation and Telecommunication	2147	8.8
Education, Culture and Recreation	1637	8.7
Health Care and Medical Services	1560	3.4
Miscellaneous Goods and Services	313	9.6

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. It includes income both in cash and in kind. By sources of income, disposable income includes salary income, net business income, net property income and net income from transfers.

Consumption expenditure of residents refers to all expenditure of residents for living expenditure to satisfy family daily living. It includes expenditure in cash and in kind. It 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; 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 (NBS), which are released quarterly.

Using a stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method proportional to the size of population, the NBS randomly selects 160 thousand households in nearly 2,000 counties (cities, administrative regions) across 31 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) as surveyed households.

According to the unified system and method, the survey organizations directly under the NBS 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 survey data, and then directly transmit the basic household data to the NBS for unified summary and calculation.

3. Additional Description

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