30.01.2024

THE DIFFERENCE IN THE FAMILY BUDGET BETWEEN THE NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHWEST REACHES 5000 BGN

We spend one third of our food budget, the annual household income, composed only by retirees, is half smaller than that of other households, and the difference in the family budget between the Northwest and the Southwest reaches BGN 5,000.

What Bulgarian households look like - national statistics have been following for almost 100 years. Therefore, the monitoring of the household budgets, which is shown, is the oldest of its kind to be held in our country. It provides information about the income, expenses and consumption of the Bulgarians, thus showing us our socio-demographic characteristics, how our homes are refurbished and what long-term goods are supplied.

What have we spent our money in the past and what now?

Here are the three main feathers in the household budget in the 1930s and who they are today, according to the latest data for 2022 and before and now, most of the budget is set aside for food. But while nearly a century ago, it represented nearly 70% of the total expense, the percentages are now 30, with non -alcoholic beverages in which it is included. The second -sized cost was previously intended for clothing and shoes, and today for homes and bills. The next one was once heating, and today its place is transported.

The household options are different. It can be made up of 1 person and be numerous. It may either have no children or retirees, as well as be composed only by retirees. The western part of the country holds both records for annual household income. It is the highest in the southwest - BGN 21,000, and the lowest is in the Northwest - 16,000. Accordingly, the budget is equal to BGN 18 600. In view of this, here's what the annual income of all these households is made together. The largest part of it-logically, comes from a salary. One third is formed by pensions, and today the part they provide is greater than 4 years ago, for example. While in self-employment and other income, it is the opposite. Although among the main income, they contribute less to it.

Households with 2 children under the age of 18 have the largest budget. In addition to salary, much of the budget is supplemented by some kind of self-employment, and there are social benefits. Whether there are pensioners and children in a household or there are retirees, it turns out to be not decisive for his budget because he is the same in both cases. The main salary here is, but in households with retirees in them, a large percentage of the income is also a pension. The lack of a difference comes from the fact that a household without pensioners and no children, as we said, can only be made up of one person, which means that the salary in it is only one. Significantly lower-half, is the annual income of households, composed only by retirees, where the main element that the finances are finance is pensions.

What is we spending our money for? After the annual income, we will look at the annual expense. The average household expense is BGN 17 300. The main pen - about one third, is intended for food, alcoholic, soft drinks and cigarettes. At 19% we set aside for our home - for electricity bills, water, household fuels, furniture and maintenance. The third largest feather is for transport. With regard to different types of households, it can be said that for food, home and health, the most of their money spends households made up only by retirees. However, they spend almost nothing else. All other costs to bend to a minimum. The smallest part of their annual budget allocates for food and home households without pensioners and no children. However, compared to others, they give more for transport, free time and other needs.

The survey would not be complete if the purchasing power of households, which is the quantity of a product we can buy with our annual income, if we spend it only for it is not considered. For this purpose, 5 main food products have been selected. Purchase has decreased in terms of some - such as bread and cheese, for example, from which we can buy 90 pounds less today than last year, but has increased against other products such as the meat we can be from We allow 180 pounds more than we could 4 years ago.