2-24 Household Consumption Expenditure
Level in this table are calculated at current prices, while indices are calculated at constant prices.
Year	Level (yuan)			Urban/Rural	Index (Preceding Year=100)			Index (1978=100)
				Consumption
	All	Rural	Urban	Ratio (Rural	All	Rural	Urban	All	Rural	Urban
	Households	Household	Household	Household=1)	Households	Household	Household	Households	Household	Household
1978	184	138	405	2.9	104.1	104.3	103.3	100.0	100.0	100.0
1979	208	159	425	2.7	106.9	106.5	102.8	106.9	106.5	102.8
1980	238	178	489	2.7	109.0	108.4	107.2	116.5	115.4	110.2
1981	264	201	521	2.6	108.3	109.8	104.0	126.2	126.8	114.6
1982	288	223	536	2.4	106.8	109.1	100.7	134.8	138.3	115.4
1983	316	250	558	2.2	108.1	110.6	102.1	145.8	153.1	117.9
1984	361	287	618	2.2	112.0	112.9	107.9	163.2	172.8	127.2
1985	446	349	765	2.2	113.5	113.3	111.1	185.2	195.7	141.3
1986	497	378	872	2.3	104.7	102.3	106.7	194.0	200.3	150.8
1987	565	421	998	2.4	106.0	104.9	105.6	205.5	210.0	159.3
1988	714	509	1311	2.6	107.8	105.2	109.7	221.5	221.0	174.7
1989	788	549	1466	2.7	99.8	98.3	100.7	221.0	217.2	176.0
1990	833	560	1596	2.9	103.7	99.2	108.5	229.2	215.4	190.9
1991	932	602	1840	3.1	108.6	105.4	110.7	249.0	227.1	211.4
1992	1116	688	2262	3.3	113.3	108.5	116.1	282.0	246.5	245.3
1993	1393	805	2924	3.6	108.4	104.3	110.4	305.8	257.1	270.8
1994	1833	1038	3852	3.7	104.6	103.1	104.4	320.0	265.0	282.8
1995	2355	1313	4931	3.8	107.8	106.8	107.2	345.1	282.9	303.2
1996	2789	1626	5532	3.4	109.4	114.5	103.4	377.6	323.8	313.6
1997	3002	1722	5823	3.4	104.5	103.1	102.2	394.6	334.0	320.4
1998	3159	1730	6109	3.5	105.9	101.2	105.9	417.8	338.1	339.2
1999	3346	1766	6405	3.6	108.3	105.1	107.0	452.3	355.3	363.0
2000	3632	1860	6850	3.7	108.6	104.5	107.8	491.0	371.3	391.1
2001	3887	1969	7161	3.6	106.1	104.5	103.9	521.2	388.0	406.3
2002	4144	2062	7486	3.6	107.0	105.2	104.9	557.6	408.1	426.2
2003	4475	2103	8060	3.8	107.1	100.3	107.0	596.9	409.5	456.1
2004	5032	2319	8912	3.8	108.1	104.2	106.9	645.3	426.7	487.7
2005	5573	2579	9644	3.7	107.7	107.5	105.5	695.2	458.8	514.3
2006	6263	2868	10682	3.7	109.6	108.4	108.0	761.9	497.1	555.7
2007	7255	3293	12211	3.7	110.7	108.2	109.7	843.4	537.9	609.9
2008	8349	3795	13845	3.6	108.7	107.1	107.7	916.8	575.8	656.7
2009	9098	4021	15025	3.7	109.2	107.1	108.5	1001.6	616.8	712.2
a) The effect of price differentials between urban and rural areas has not been removed in the calculation of the urban/rural consumption ratio. The
same applies to the table following.
b) Household consumption level refers to per capita household consumption on the basis of usual residents. The same applies to the table following.