Irish households spend 8% of budget on food, below EU average, says Eurostat

The European statistics office showed Irish households also spent around 3% of their budgets on alcohol, which was slightly above the EU average.

EU households spent over €1bn on food and non-alcoholic drinks.

Irish households spent 8% of their budgets on food in 2021, which is below the EU average of 14%, according to Eurostat.

During this time period, households in the EU spent over €1bn, or 7% of total EU gross domestic product (GDP) on food and non-alcoholic drinks.