How much money is spent on groceries in Malaysia 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, Malaysia ranked 65^th out of 105 countries – food and non-alcoholic beverages make up 27.5% of spending on goods and services. This result is similar to the one in Türkiye (27.3%), Sri Lanka (27.7%) and Thailand (28.3%).

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 APAC region?

The highest grocery spending in APAC can be found in Hong Kong ($306/month), followed by New Zealand ($290/month) and Japan ($288/month), which can be explained by the overall high prices in those countries.

An average Malaysian spends $145 (RM 667) monthly on groceries.

The lowest grocery spending can be found in Myanmar ($42/month), India ($37/month) and Pakistan ($32/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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