How much money is spent on groceries in the UAE and other countries?

Picodi.com analyst team checked the statistical data from 105 countries and calculated how much money people spend on their groceries worldwide.

The collected data shows that, depending on a country, grocery spendings can vary from a few percent up to over half of consumer spending. For example, less than a tenth of spending on food and non-alcoholic beverages consumed at home can be found in countries such as the USA – 6.7%, Singapore – 8.4%, the UK – 8.7%, Ireland – 9.2% and Switzerland – 9.9%.

In this ranking, the UAE ranked 23^rd out of 105 countries – food and non-alcoholic beverages make up 13.6% of spending on goods and services. This result is similar to the one in Qatar (12.3%), Bahrain (13.1%) and France (14.1%).

Among the countries included in the ranking, the highest percentage of spending on groceries can be found in Nigeria, Myanmar and Kenya – 59%, 56.6% and 56.1% respectively.

How much money is spent on groceries in the MENA region?

The highest grocery spending in MENA can be found in Israel ($333/month), followed by Iran ($182/month) and Saudi Arabia ($171/month), which can be explained by the overall high prices in those countries.

An average Emirati spends $164 (602 AED) monthly on groceries.

The lowest grocery spending can be found in Algeria ($51/month), Lebanon ($50/month) and Iraq ($48/month).

Methodology

In our report, we used the latest household food and non-alcoholic beverages consumption statistics from Euromonitor and official government websites. For currency conversion, we used the average exchange rate data from Google Finance for July 2023.

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