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69:), but excludes any non-resident households' expenditure on the domestic territory (inbound tourists). From this national definition of consumption expenditure may be distinguished the household final consumption expenditure according to the domestic concept which includes household expenditure made on the domestic territory by residents and inbound tourists, but excludes residents' expenditure made abroad.
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often provide goods and services to households for their individual consumption free of charge or at reduced prices. Examples are health services provided by governments or reimbursed by a social security fund, education services, the part of service provided by public museums, concert halls, operas,
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European Union the share of household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) in actual final consumption of households usually varies between 70% and 90%. The rest is goods and services consumed free of charge (or at reduced prices) transferred by governments and non-profit
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Actual final consumption of households excludes the general government's collective consumption expenditure which is expenditure on goods and services that cannot be uniquely attributed to households (e.g. expenditure on defence, safety and order, home affairs, environmental protection, national
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swimming pools that is not financed by entrance fees, aid for social housing etc. By adding the general government's and NPISHs' individual consumption expenditure to household final consumption expenditure one receives the actual final consumption of households.
166:. Countries with relatively large shares of such transfers in kind are Belgium, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Finland and Sweden, where HFCE represents less than 80% of actual final consumption of households for most years.
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on individual consumption goods and services, including those sold at prices that are not economically significant. It also includes various kinds of imputed expenditure of which the imputed rent for services of owner-occupied housing
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50:) is generally the most important one. The household sector covers not only those living in traditional households, but also those people living in communal establishments, such as
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institutions serving households to households. A high government share in the provision of individual consumption goods and services is often found in countries known as
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The above given definition of HFCE includes expenditure by resident households on the domestic territory and expenditure by resident households abroad (outbound
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HFCE is measured at purchasers' prices which is the price the purchaser actually pays at the time of the purchase. It includes non-deductible
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Household final consumption expenditure (HFCE) is not an exhaustive measure of the goods and services consumed by households. The
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household's own account consumption of outputs produced by unincorporated enterprises owned by households
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and other taxes on products, transport and marketing costs and tips paid over and above stated prices.
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Household final consumption expenditure per inhabitant in the EU Member States and Japan
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National Accounts, Paris: OECD 2006, p. 126
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The above observations are based on data downloadable from
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households' partial payments for products provided by the general government (
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Household final consumption expenditure includes the following components:
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households' payments to the general government for licences and permits
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List of countries by household final consumption expenditure per capita
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Large differences in GDP and consumption per inhabitant across Europe
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GDP per capita, consumption per capita and comparative price levels
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Actual individual consumption per inhabitant in
European countries
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households' purchases of products for their everyday needs (
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261:(incl. household final consumption expenditure), worldwide
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123:(free or reduced train tickets for railway employees)
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e.g. food, clothing, cars, rents, personal services)
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Part of a national account used on consumer spending
273:Statistical publications on consumption in Europe
146:non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH)
96:e.g. tickets to public museums and swimming pools)
114:(e.g. own-consumption of milk produced on a farm)
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153:bodies such as parliament, governments etc.).
222:Personal consumption expenditures price index
259:National accounts main aggregates database
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202:Government final consumption expenditure
20:Household final consumption expenditure
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109:for services of owner-occupied housing
30:'s use of income account representing
310:Le site de la comptabilité nationale
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285:Household consumption expenditure
102:(e.g. fees for issuing passports)
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217:List of largest consumer markets
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197:Final consumption expenditure
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266:National accounts data
299:Further information:
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191:Consumer price index
121:earned by employees
142:general government
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32:consumer spending
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43:households
207:Inflation
185:See also
67:tourists
40:resident
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60:prisons
229:Notes
193:(CPI)
157:Data
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