In the first quarter 2018, the average monthly income in money and in kind, per a household, amounted to 62492 RSD and showed the increase of 4.0% in nominal terms, relative to the same quarter 2017, while relative to the fourth quarter 2017, it is the decrease of 1.9%, in nominal terms.
The largest share of income in money and in kind refers to the salaries and wages of the employed – 48.7%, pensions – 32.3%, income from agriculture, hunting and fishing – 4.9%, natural consumption – 3.2%, other receipts – 3.0%, other income – 2.6%, social insurance receipts – 2.6% and 2.7% refers to income from other sources.
The individual consumption expenditures of the households, in the first quarter 2018, amounted to 63620 RSD and showed the increase of 3.7% in nominal terms, relative to the same quarter 2017, while relative to the fourth quarter 2017, it is the decrease of 0.7%, in nominal terms.
The largest share of the individual consumption expenditures of the households relates to expenditures for food and non-alcoholic beverages – 34.0%, followed by expenditures related to housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels – 17.4%. Expenditures for transport amounted to 9.3%, for miscellaneous goods and services – 6.0%, for communication – 5.4%, for clothing and footwear – 5.3%, for alcoholic beverages and tobacco – 4.5%, for recreation and culture – 4.5%, for health – 4.4%, for furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance – 4.3% and 4.9% relates to other groups of individual consumption.
Of the total number of households envisaged for interview in the first quarter 2018, (2214 for the Republic of Serbia), the number of 1585 households (72%) were interviewed.
Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has not at disposal and may not provide available certain data relative to AP Kosovo and Metohija and therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).
More detailed information is available in the Statistical Release (No 164, as of 15.06.2018), “Income in money and in kind and individual consumption of households, 1st quarter 2018 – preliminary data,”, on the following link: http://www.stat.gov.rs/en-US/oblasti/potrosnja-prihodi-i-uslovi-zivota/potrosnja-domacinstva