Household spending - The bare necessities

亞洲地區只有南韓與泰國對於食物及燃料的花費是低於日常支出的25％與歐美先進國家相同，很有意思。我想可能的原因 1. 國民所得高 2.物價水準較低。
不過這是2007年的資料，當時的通膨還沒有這麼厲害，現在也許大部分的國家都是黃色的了...

Jul 8th 2008
From Economist.com

Where people spend most on food and fuel

THE soaring cost of food and fuel is a concern for the governments of rich and poor countries alike. Many households in Africa and Asia shell-out more on food and fuel as a share of total spending and so are disproportionately hit by rising prices. But in some poor countries fuel subsidies help to ease the pain.