Lithuania among EU’s top spenders on food and non-alcoholic beverages in 2021

In 2021, households in the EU spent over EUR 1.035 billion (equivalent to 7.1% of total EU GDP) on ‘Food and non-alcoholic beverages’. This represents a share of 14.3% of total household expenditure. Compared with 2020 (14.8% share), this represents a decrease of 0.5 percentage points (pp), Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, reports.

The highest shares for 'Food and non-alcoholic beverages’ expenditure in 2021 were registered in Romania (24.8%), Lithuania (20.4%), Bulgaria (20.1%), Estonia (19.9%), Poland and Slovakia (both 19.6%).