Public spending and private consumption

The inhabitants of Luxembourg guide, with a positive gap of 50%, the special classification on the level of consumption per capita in Europe. On the second and third places we can find the British and the Dutch people, followed closely, also in the upper tiers of the “championship”, by Germans, Swedes, Austrians, French, Danish, Finnish, Belgian, Greeks and Cypriots. At the bottom, after all, Romanians and Bulgarians. This is the pictures made by INSEE, based on the comparison of a set of consumptions ranging from basic goods, like food and shelter, to “extras” ones related to culture and entertainment . This research also examines the weight that the public spending has on private household spending. Which concerns, in particular, educational benefit, health care expenses or subsidies for house rent. According to French institute Insee, in 2009, this part of public resources ranges from a maximum of 31% in Denmark to a minimum of 9% in Greece.