I. Households' Income
In 2022, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 36,883 yuan, a nominal increase of 5.0 percent over the previous year, and a real increase of 2.9 percent after deducting price factors. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 49,283 yuan, an increase of 3.9 percent (unless otherwise specified below, it was a year-on-year nominal increase), and the actual increase was 1.9 percent after deducting price factors; the per capita disposable income of rural residents was 20,133 yuan, an increase of 6.3 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual increase was 4.2 percent.
According to the source of income, in 2022, the per capita wage income of residents nationwide was 20,590 yuan, an increase of 4.9 percent, accounting for 55.8 percent of disposable income; the per capita net operating income was 6,175 yuan, an increase of 4.8 percent, accounting for 16.7 percent of disposable income; the per capita net property income was 3,227 yuan, an increase of 4.9 percent, accounting for 8.7 percent of disposable income; the per capita net transfer income was 6,892 yuan, an increase of 5.5 percent, accounting for 18.7 percent of disposable income.
In 2022, the median per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 31,370 yuan, an increase of 4.7 percent, and the median was 85.1 percent of the average. Among them, the median per capita disposable income of urban residents was 45,123 yuan, an increase of 3.7 percent, and the median was 91.6 percent of the average; the median per capita disposable income of rural residents was 17,734 yuan, an increase of 4.9 percent, and the median was 88.1 percent of the average.
Per Capita Disposable Income and Its Growth of Urban and Rural Residents in 2022
II. Consumption Expenditure of Households
In 2022, the per capita consumption expenditure of residents nationwide was 24,538 yuan, a nominal increase of 1.8 percent over the previous year. After deducting the impact of price factors, the actual decrease was 0.2 percent. In terms of urban and rural areas, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents was 30,391 yuan, a nominal increase of 0.3 percent, and after deducting price factors, the actual decline was 1.7 percent; the per capita consumption expenditure of rural residents was 16,632 yuan, a nominal increase of 4.5 percent. After deducting price factors, the actual growth was 2.5 percent.
In 2022, the national per capita consumption expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol was 7,481 yuan, an increase of 4.2 percent, accounting for 30.5 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; per capita clothing consumption expenditure was 1,365 yuan, down 3.8 percent, accounting for 5.6 percent of per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita living consumption expenditure was 5,882 yuan, an increase of 4.3 percent, accounting for 24.0 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on household goods and services was 1,432 yuan, an increase of 0.6 percent, accounting for 5.8 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure of transportation and communication was 3,195 yuan, an increase of 1.2 percent, accounting for 13.0 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on education, culture and entertainment was 2,469 yuan, down 5.0 percent, accounting for 10.1 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on health care was 2,120 yuan, an increase of 0.2 percent, accounting for 8.6 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure; the per capita consumption expenditure on other goods and services was 595 yuan, an increase of 4.6 percent, accounting for 2.4 percent of the per capita consumption expenditure.
Per capita consumption expenditure and composition in 2022
Table 1 Income and Expenditure Nationwide in 2022
| Item | Absolute Value | Y/Y(%) Actual Growth in Brackets |
| Total Per Capita Income Nationwide | 36883 | 5.0（2.9） |
| Grouped by Permanent Residence | ||
| Urban Households | 49283 | 3.9（1.9） |
| Rural Households | 20133 | 6.3（4.2） |
| Grouped by Income Source | ||
| Income of Wages and Salaries | 20590 | 4.9 |
| Net Business Income | 6175 | 4.8 |
| Net Income from Property | 3227 | 4.9 |
| Net Income from Transfer | 6892 | 5.5 |
| Total Per Capita Income Nationwide Median | 31370 | 4.7 |
| Grouped by Permanent Residence | ||
| Urban Households | 45123 | 3.7 |
| Rural Households | 17734 | 4.9 |
| Total Per Capita Expenditure Nationwide | 24538 | 1.8（-0.2） |
| Grouped by Permanent Residence | ||
| Urban Households | 30391 | 0.3（-1.7） |
| Rural Households | 16632 | 4.5（2.5） |
| Grouped by Consumption Category | ||
| Food, tobacco and liquor | 7481 | 4.2 |
| Clothing | 1365 | -3.8 |
| Residence | 5882 | 4.3 |
| Household facilities, articles and services | 1432 | 0.6 |
| Transportation and telecommunication | 3195 | 1.2 |
| Education, culture and recreation | 2469 | -5.0 |
| Health care and medical services | 2120 | 0.2 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 595 | 4.6 |
| Notes: 1. Per capita disposable income of households = per capita disposable income of urban households * proportion of urban population + per capita disposable income of rural households * proportion of rural population. 2. Nominal growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year - 1) * 100%; actual growth rate of per capita disposable income of households = (per capita disposable income of households in the current year / per capita disposable income of households in the previous year / per capita consumer price index of households in the same period - 1) * 100%. 3. The per capita income and expenditure data of the whole country is based on the basic data of sampling survey of more than 160000 households, and weighted and summarized according to the number of households represented by each sample household. Influenced by urbanization, population migration and other factors, the composition of population in different periods has changed, which sometimes leads to the phenomenon that the growth rate of some income and Expenditure Projects of the whole country exceeds the growth range of corresponding income and Expenditure Projects of urban and rural households. It is mainly in the process of urbanization that some people with higher income in rural areas enter urban areas, but they belong to lower income groups in urban areas, and their migration has a pull down effect on part of the income and expenditure of urban and rural households; however, no matter in urban or rural areas, the growth effect will be reflected in the income and expenditure growth of all households. 4. In the growth column compared with the previous year, the data in brackets is the actual growth rate, while others are the nominal growth rate. 5. The average and median income are statistics reflecting the trend of households' income concentration. The average can not only directly reflect the overall situation, but also reflect the overall structure, which is convenient for the comparison of income levels of different groups, but also vulnerable to the influence of extreme data; the median reflects the situation of the object in the middle position, which is relatively stable and can avoid the influence of extreme data, but cannot reflect the structure. | ||
Table 2 Income and Expenditure of Urban and Rural Households in 2022
| Item | Absolute Value ( yuan) | Nominal Increase （%） |
| Total Per Capita Income of Urban Households | 49283 | 3.9 |
| Grouped by Income Source | ||
| Income of Wages and Salaries | 29578 | 3.9 |
| Net Business Income | 5584 | 3.8 |
| Net Income from Property | 5238 | 3.7 |
| Net Income from Transfer | 8882 | 4.5 |
| TotalPer Capita Expenditure of Urban Households | 30391 | 0.3 |
| Grouped by Consumption Category | ||
| Food, tobacco and liquor | 8958 | 3.2 |
| Clothing | 1735 | -5.8 |
| Residence | 7644 | 3.2 |
| Household facilities, articles and services | 1800 | -1.1 |
| Transportation and telecommunication | 3909 | -0.6 |
| Education, culture and recreation | 3050 | -8.2 |
| Health care and medical services | 2481 | -1.6 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 814 | 3.5 |
| Total Per Capita Income of Rural Households | 20133 | 6.3 |
| Grouped by Income Source | ||
| Income of Wages and Salaries | 8449 | 6.2 |
| Net Business Income | 6972 | 6.2 |
| Net Income from Property | 509 | 8.4 |
| Net Income from Transfer | 4203 | 6.8 |
| TotalPer Capita Expenditure of Rural Households | 16632 | 4.5 |
| Grouped by Consumption Category | ||
| Food, tobacco and liquor | 5485 | 5.5 |
| Clothing | 864 | 0.5 |
| Residence | 3503 | 5.7 |
| Household facilities, articles and services | 934 | 3.7 |
| Transportation and telecommunication | 2230 | 4.6 |
| Education, culture and recreation | 1683 | 2.3 |
| Health care and medical services | 1632 | 3.3 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 300 | 5.9 |
Annotations:
1. Explanatory Notes
Disposable income of Households refers to the sum of final consumption expenditure and savings that residents can use, that is, the income that residents can use for free disposal, including both cash income and physical income. According to the source of income, disposable income includes wage and salary income, net business income, net property income and net transfer income.
Consumer spending refers to all the expenditures that residents use to meet their daily needs, including both cash and physical consumption. Consumer spending includes eight categories: food, tobacco and alcohol, clothing, housing, daily necessities and services, transportation and communication, education, culture and recreation, medical care and other supplies and services.
The median of the nationwide per capita disposable income of households refers to the per capita disposable income of households which lies in the middle of all surveyed households ranked from low to high on the basis of per capita disposable income level.
The quarterly income and expenditure data do not include the income and consumption of the self-produced and self-used parts of households, and the annual income and expenditure data includes.
2. Survey Methods
The national and sub urban and rural households' income and expenditure data comes from the household income and expenditure and living conditions survey organized and implemented by the National Bureau of Statistics, which is released quarterly.
Using stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method proportional to the size of population, the National Bureau of Statistics randomly selected 160000 households in 1800 counties (cities, districts) of 31 provinces (regions, cities) as survey households.
According to the unified system and method, the survey organizations directly under the National Bureau of statistics will organize the household to record and collect the data of households' income, expenditure, family operation, production and investment; meanwhile, according to the unified questionnaire, collect other surveys such as the employment of household members and labor force, the ownership of housing and durable consumer goods, and the enjoyment of households' basic social and public services. After the completion of data collection, the municipal and county survey organizations use unified methods and data processing procedures to code, review and input the original investigation data, and then directly transmit the basic household data to the National Bureau of Statistics for unified summary and calculation.
3. Due to the rounding of some data,there are differences between total and subtotal.
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I. Households' Income:
1. Per Capita Disposable Income:
- In 2022, the per capita disposable income of residents nationwide was 36,883 yuan.
- Urban residents had a higher per capita disposable income (49,283 yuan) compared to rural residents (20,133 yuan).
- After adjusting for price factors, the real increase in per capita disposable income for urban and rural residents was 1.9% and 4.2%, respectively.
2. Income Sources:
- Per capita wage income constituted 55.8% of disposable income.
- Net operating income, net property income, and net transfer income accounted for 16.7%, 8.7%, and 18.7% of disposable income, respectively.
3. Median Per Capita Disposable Income:
- The median per capita disposable income nationwide was 31,370 yuan, with urban and rural medians at 45,123 yuan and 17,734 yuan, respectively.
- The median was 85.1% of the average, indicating income concentration trends.
II. Consumption Expenditure of Households:
1. Per Capita Consumption Expenditure:
- In 2022, per capita consumption expenditure was 24,538 yuan, with urban and rural values at 30,391 yuan and 16,632 yuan, respectively.
- After adjusting for price factors, there was an actual decrease of 0.2% in nationwide per capita consumption expenditure.
2. Consumption Categories:
- Food, tobacco, and alcohol constituted 30.5% of per capita consumption expenditure.
- Categories like clothing, education, culture, and recreation showed varying increases or decreases.
Additional Notes and Explanations:
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Income and Expenditure Tables: Detailed tables provide absolute values, nominal increases, and percentage changes for income and expenditure at both the national and urban/rural levels.
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Survey Methods: The data is sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics, utilizing a robust stratified, multi-stage, probability sampling method, emphasizing the reliability of the findings.
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Disposable Income and Consumer Spending: Definitions and breakdowns of these crucial economic indicators are provided, ensuring clarity in interpretation.
This comprehensive analysis provides a nuanced understanding of the economic landscape, encompassing both income and expenditure patterns at various levels, and is based on meticulously gathered and processed data through rigorous survey methodologies.
