
Stable compared to 2024, emerges from the Istat report on consumption
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Istat annual survey on household consumption in Italy.
In 2025, the average monthly expenditure for household consumption is equal, in current values, to 2,782 euros and is therefore stable compared to 2024 when it was equal to 2,755 euros. This is what emerges from the Istat report on consumption.
"Since the distribution of consumption is asymmetrical and more concentrated in the medium-low levels, the majority of families spend an amount lower than the average value. The median value (the level of consumption expenditure that divides the number of families into two equal parts) is therefore lower than the average one and, in 2025, is equal to 2,338 euros (2,240 euros in 2024).
Families in the North-East spend on average 871 euros more than those in the South (39.3% more) and 749 euros more than residents in the Islands (32.0% more), showing an increase in the gap compared to 2024, when the distance from the North-East was 37.9% for the South and 30.6% for the islands.

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