Households' Income and Consumption Expenditure in the First Three Quarters of 2021

I. Households' Income

In the first three quarters, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 26,265 yuan, a nominal increase of 10.4 percent over the same period last year, and a real increase of 9.7 percent after deducting price factors; it increased by 14.8 percent over the first three quarters of 2019, with an average growth of 7.1 percent in two years. After deducting price factors, the average real growth in two years was 5.1 percent.

In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 35,946 yuan, an increase of 9.5 percent (unless otherwise specified below, it was a year-on-year nominal growth rate). After deducting price factors, the actual growth was 8.7 percent; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 13,726 yuan, an increase of 11.6 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual increase was 11.2 percent.

In the first three quarters, the median per capita disposable income of residents in China was 22,157 yuan, an increase of 8.0 percent, and the median was 84.4 percent of the average. Among them, the median per capita disposable income of urban residents was 32,417 yuan, an increase of 8.0 percent, and the median was 90.2 percent of the average; the median per capita disposable income of rural residents was 11,962 yuan, an increase of 12.3 percent, and the median was 87.1 percent of the average.

According to income sources, in the first three quarters, the per capita wage income of residents nationwide was 14,917 yuan, an increase of 10.6 percent, accounting for 56.8 percent of disposable income; the per capita net operating income was 4,136 yuan, an increase of 12.4 percent, accounting for 15.7 percent of disposable income; the per capita net property income was 2,329 yuan, an increase of 11.4 percent, accounting for 8.9 percent of disposable income; the per capita net transfer income was 4,884 yuan, an increase of 7.9 percent, accounting for 18.6 percent of disposable income.

II. Consumption Expenditure of Households

In the first three quarters, the national per capita consumption expenditure was 17,275 yuan, a nominal increase of 15.8 percent over the same period of last year. After deducting the influence of price factors, the actual growth was 15.1 percent, an increase of 11.7 percent over the first three quarters of 2019, an average growth of 5.7 percent in two years. After deducting price factors, the average actual growth in two years was 3.7 percent.

In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 21,981 yuan, an increase of 14.2 percent, and after deducting price factors, the actual increase was 13.4 percent; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 11,179 yuan, an increase of 18.6 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual increase was 18.1 percent.

In the first three quarters, the per capita consumption expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol of residents in China was 5,144 yuan, an increase of 13.2 percent, accounting for 29.8 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; per capita clothing consumption expenditure was 1,002 yuan, an increase of 18.2 percent, accounting for 5.8 percent of per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita residential consumption expenditure was 4,031 yuan, an increase of 7.9 percent, accounting for 23.3 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure of daily necessities and services was 1,021 yuan, an increase of 14.0 percent, accounting for 5.9 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on transportation and communication was 2,237 yuan, an increase of 14.4 percent, accounting for 12.9 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on education, culture and entertainment was 1,867 yuan, an increase of 46.3 percent, accounting for 10.8 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on health care was 1,557 yuan, an increase of 16.4 percent, accounting for 9.0 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on other supplies and services was 415 yuan, an increase of 26.3 percent, accounting for 2.4 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure.

Table 1 Income and Expenditure Nationwide in the First Three Quarters of 2021
Item	Absolute Value ( yuan)		Y/Y(%)
Total Per Capita Income Nationwide	26265		10.4（9.7）
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Households	35946		9.5（8.7）
Rural Households	13726		11.6（11.2）
Grouped by Income Source
Income of Wages and Salaries	14917		10.6
Net Business Income	4136		12.4
Net Income from Property	2329		11.4
Net Income from Transfer	4884		7.9
Total Per Capita Income Nationwide Median	22157		8.0
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Households	32417		8.0
Rural Households	11962		12.3
Total Per Capita Expenditure Nationwide	17275		15.8（15.1）
Grouped by Permanent Residence
Urban Households	21981		14.2（13.4）
Rural Households	11179		18.6（18.1）
Grouped by Consumption Category
Food,tobacco and liquor	5144		13.2
Clothing	1002		18.2
Residence	4031		7.9
Household facilities, articles and services	1021		14.0
Transportation and telecommunication	2237		14.4
Education, culture and recreation	1867		46.3
Health care and medical services	1557		16.4
Miscellaneous goods and services	415		26.3
Notes: 1. Per capita disposable income of households = per capita disposable income of urban households * proportion of urban population + per capita disposable income of rural households * proportion of rural population.2. Nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year - 1) * 100%; actual growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year / per capita consumer price index of households in the same period - 1) * 100%.3. The per capita income and expenditure data of the whole country is based on the basic data of sampling survey of more than 100000 households, and weighted and summarized according to the number of households represented by each sample household. Influenced by urbanization, population migration and other factors, the composition of population in different periods has changed, which sometimes leads to the phenomenon that the growth rate of some income and Expenditure Projects of the whole country exceeds the growth range of corresponding income and Expenditure Projects of urban and rural households. It is mainly in the process of urbanization that some people with higher income in rural areas enter urban areas, but they belong to lower income groups in urban areas, and their migration has a pull down effect on part of the income and expenditure of urban and rural households; however, no matter in urban or rural areas, the growth effect will be reflected in the income and expenditure growth of all households.4. In the growth column compared with the previous year, the data in brackets is the actual growth rate, while others are the nominal growth rate.5. The average and median income are statistics reflecting the trend of households' income concentration. The average can not only directly reflect the overall situation, but also reflect the overall structure, which is convenient for the comparison of income levels of different groups, but also vulnerable to the influence of extreme data; the median reflects the situation of the object in the middle position, which is relatively stable and can avoid the influence of extreme data, but cannot reflect the structure.
Table 2: Income and Expenditure of Urban and Rural Households in the First Three Quarters of 2021 Item Absolute Value (yuan) Nominal Increase Y/Y (%) Total Per Capita Income of Urban Households 35946 9.5 Grouped by Income Source Income of Wages and Salaries 21549 8.9 Net Business Income 4210 17.1 Net Income from Property 3851 10.6 Net Income from Transfer 6336 6.3 Total Per Capita Expenditure of Urban Households 21981 14.2 Grouped by Consumption Category Food,tobacco and liquor 6393 10.9 Clothing 1300 15.3 Residence 5347 6.7 Household facilities, articles and services 1301 11.5 Transportation and telecommunication 2775 12.8 Education, culture and recreation 2436 45.4 Health care and medical services 1855 17.0 Miscellaneous goods and services 574 26.0 Total Per Capita Income of Rural Households 13726 11.6 Grouped by Income Source Income of Wages and Salaries 6325 15.3 Net Business Income 4042 6.7 Net Income from Property 357 10.7 Net Income from Transfer 3002 11.0 Total Per Capita Expenditure of Rural Households 11179 18.6 Grouped by Consumption Category Food,tobacco and liquor 3526 17.7 Clothing 615 25.2 Residence 2328 10.0 Household facilities, articles and services 660 19.4 Transportation and telecommunication 1540 17.3 Education, culture and recreation 1131 47.0 Health care and medical services 1171 14.4 Miscellaneous goods and services 209 25.1

Annotations:

1. Explanatory Notes

Disposable income of Households refers to the sum of final consumption expenditure and savings that residents can use, that is, the income that residents can use for free disposal, including both cash income and physical income. According to the source of income, disposable income includes wage and salary income, net business income, net property income and net transfer income.

Consumer spending refers to all the expenditures that residents use to meet their daily needs, including both cash and physical consumption. Consumer spending includes eight categories: food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and recreation, medical care and other supplies and services.

The median of the nationwide per capita disposable income of households refers to the per capita disposable income of households which lies in the middle of all surveyed households ranked from low to high on the basis of per capita disposable income level.

The quarterly income and expenditure data do not include the income and consumption of the self-produced and self-used parts of households, and the annual income and expenditure data includes.

The two-year average growth rate refers to the growth rate calculated by geometric average method based on the corresponding number of the same period in 2019.

2. Survey Methods

The national and sub urban and rural households' income and expenditure data comes from the household income and expenditure and living conditions survey organized and implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics, which is released quarterly.

Using stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method proportional to the size of population, the National Bureau of Statistics randomly selected 160000 households in 1800 counties (cities, districts) of 31 provinces (regions, cities) as survey households.

According to the unified system and method, the survey organizations directly under the National Bureau of statistics will organize the household to record and collect the data of households' income, expenditure, family operation, production and investment; meanwhile, according to the unified questionnaire, collect other surveys such as the employment of household members and labor force, the ownership of housing and durable consumer goods, and the enjoyment of households' basic social and public services. After the completion of data collection, the municipal and county survey organizations use unified methods and data processing procedures to code, review and input the original investigation data, and then directly transmit the basic household data to the National Bureau of Statistics for unified summary and calculation.

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