Portugal - Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP)

Households and NPISHs final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) in Portugal was 64.21 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 50 years was 76.92 in 1975, while its lowest value was 62.71 in 2002.

Definition: Household final consumption expenditure (formerly private consumption) is the market value of all goods and services, including durable products (such as cars, washing machines, and home computers), purchased by households. It excludes purchases of dwellings but includes imputed rent for owner-occupied dwellings. It also includes payments and fees to governments to obtain permits and licenses. Here, household consumption expenditure includes the expenditures of nonprofit institutions serving households, even when reported separately by the country. This item also includes any statistical discrepancy in the use of resources relative to the supply of resources.

Source: World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.

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Year Value
1970 65.74
1971 68.07
1972 63.98
1973 64.67
1974 72.47
1975 76.92
1976 74.80
1977 71.77
1978 67.83
1979 67.36
1980 67.43
1981 69.64
1982 69.50
1983 69.41
1984 70.67
1985 67.89
1986 65.05
1987 64.28
1988 64.09
1989 63.26
1990 63.88
1991 64.79
1992 65.77
1993 67.57
1994 66.56
1995 64.72
1996 65.03
1997 63.87
1998 63.02
1999 63.29
2000 63.40
2001 62.81
2002 62.71
2003 63.18
2004 63.62
2005 64.43
2006 64.59
2007 64.85
2008 66.21
2009 64.76
2010 65.93
2011 65.89
2012 66.46
2013 65.42
2014 66.14
2015 65.55
2016 65.43
2017 64.58
2018 64.27
2019 64.06
2020 64.21

Limitations and Exceptions: Because policymakers have tended to focus on fostering the growth of output, and because data on production are easier to collect than data on spending, many countries generate their primary estimate of GDP using the production approach. Moreover, many countries do not estimate all the components of national expenditures but instead derive some of the main aggregates indirectly using GDP (based on the production approach) as the control total. Household final consumption expenditure is often estimated as a residual, by subtracting all other known expenditures from GDP. The resulting aggregate may incorporate fairly large discrepancies. When household consumption is calculated separately, many of the estimates are based on household surveys, which tend to be one-year studies with limited coverage. Thus the estimates quickly become outdated and must be supplemented by estimates using price- and quantity-based statistical procedures. Complicating the issue, in many developing countries the distinction between cash outlays for personal business and those for household use may be blurred. Informal economic activities pose a particular measurement problem, especially in developing countries, where much economic activity is unrecorded. A complete picture of the economy requires estimating household outputs produced for home use, sales in informal markets, barter exchanges, and illicit or deliberately unreported activities. The consistency and completeness of such estimates depend on the skill and methods of the compiling statisticians.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Gross domestic product (GDP) from the expenditure side is made up of household final consumption expenditure, general government final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation (private and public investment in fixed assets, changes in inventories, and net acquisitions of valuables), and net exports (exports minus imports) of goods and services. Such expenditures are recorded in purchaser prices and include net taxes on products.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: National accounts