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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

Last updated on: March 18, 2013 08:49 IST
A couple looks at a restaurant menu in downtown Milan, Italy.

As the country develops, people spend less income on buying food and more on enjoyable things in life.

Let's take a look at 20 countries that spend least and most on food, alcohol and tobacco.

Source: The Economist

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

Last updated on: March 18, 2013 08:49 IST
Mariann Lau serves glasses of wine in Las Vegas.

The United States

Total household spending on food: 7 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $43

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 1

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Customers at the White Building, a restaurant and studio space in Hackney Wick, London, United Kingdom.

The United Kingdom

Total household spending on food: 9 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 6 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $43

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 2

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Staff work at the Marco Polo restaurant at the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in the Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea.

South Korea

Total household spending on food: 12 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 3 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $29

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 3

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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A cafe in Paris, France.

France

Total household spending on food: 13 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 4 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $63

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 4

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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A girl carries a belt of beers during the Race of Beer in Brasilia, Brazil.

Brazil

Total household spending on food: 16 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $23

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 5

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Rina Mitsutake eats a piece of beef strip in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, Japan.

Japan

Total household spending on food: 15 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $77

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 6

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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People sit in a cafe with the Acropolis hill in the background in central Athens, Greece.

Greece

Total household spending on food: 17 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 5 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $69

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 7

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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A fast food restaurant in northern Tehran, Iran.

Iran

Total household spending on food: 22 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 1 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $12

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 8

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A woman walks past a KFC restaurant in Wuhan, Hubei province, China.

China

Total household spending on food: 21 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 3 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $9

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 9

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Trader Nono Dawane greets customers at her small shop selling cigarettes and cold drinks in Cape Town's Khayelitsha township, South Africa.

South Africa

Total household spending on food: 19 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 4 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $17

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 10

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Tourists drink beer at the old quarters in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Vietnam

Total household spending on food: 22 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 3 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $4

Global rank in least spending as percentage of income: 11

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Mexican chef Lula Martin del Campo pours a glass of wine in Mexico City, Mexico.

Mexico

Total household spending on food: 23 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $30

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 11

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A cafe in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia

Total household spending on food: 26 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 1 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $30

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 10

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Hungarians eat lunch outside a small eatery in central Budapest, Hungary.

Hungary

Total household spending on food: 17 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 10 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $25

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 9

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People dine on a double-decker bus converted into a mobile restaurant in Ahmedabad.

India

Total household spending on food: 26 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 3 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $5

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 8

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Workers prepare food at a fast food outlet in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Indonesia

Total household spending on food: 32 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 5 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $12

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 7

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An employee feeds a red-handed tamarin monkey a banana in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia.

Russia

Total household spending on food: 31 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 6 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $38

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 6

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A view of a restaurant in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan

Total household spending on food: 42 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 1 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $7

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 5

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A restaurant in Nairobi, Kenya.

Kenya

Total household spending on food: 41 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $5

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 4

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Women work on their computers at a cafe in Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt

Total household spending on food: 43 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 3 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $19

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 3

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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Workers gather cabbage near the village of Radashkovichi, some 40km northwest of Minsk, Belarus.

Belarus

Total household spending on food: 42 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 5 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $26

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 2

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Countries that spend least, most on food and drinks

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A motorbike taxi laden with bananas is parked between the town of Mundemba and village of Fabe, Cameroon.

Cameroon

Total household spending on food: 47 per cent

Total household spending on alcohol and tobacco: 2 per cent

Spending per person per week on food: $9

Global rank in most spending as percentage of income: 1