Food expenditure per person in the United States, 1953 to 2023
Measured as the average annual food expenditure per person. Food consumed away from home includes restaurants, cafes, colleges, and work. Alcohol andtobacco are not included. This data is expressed in US dollars, adjusted for inflation.
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- Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure
- Average income of large-scale food producers
- Average income of small-scale food producers
- Cost of a calorie sufficient diet as a share of average food expenditure
- Cost of a healthy diet as a share of average expenditure on food
- Cost of a nutrient adequate diet as a share of average food expenditure
- Daily cost of a calorie sufficient diet
- Daily cost of a healthy diet
- Daily cost of a nutrient adequate diet
- Daily cost of foods in a healthy diet
- Food expenditure as a share of family disposable income in the United States
- Food expenditure per person
- Global commodity price index of cereal crops and petroleum
- Indicator of food price anomalies
- Inflation of consumer prices
- Long-term global prices of food commodities
- Number of people that cannot afford a calorie sufficient diet
- Number of people that cannot afford a healthy diet
- Number of people that cannot afford a nutrient adequate diet
- Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco
- Share of consumer expenditure spent on food
- Share of countries recording high food prices
- Share of expenditure spent on food vs. food expenditure per person
- Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure
- Share of population that cannot afford a calorie sufficient diet
- Share of population that cannot afford a healthy diet
- Share of population that cannot afford a nutrient adequate diet