Consumption

Consumption in Portugal falls by 14 %

&amp;NewLine;<p>Last year&amp;comma; household consumption in Portugal was 14&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;&amp;percnt; below the European Union average&amp;comma; according to Eurostat data&amp;period; This performance shows an improvement on 2018&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Consumption in Portugal falls compared to Europe<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Portugal appears in 15th position&amp;comma; with an effective individual consumption of 86 &amp;percnt; compared to the European average&amp;period; Thus&amp;comma; Portugal suffers a drop of 14 &amp;percnt; compared with the European average&amp;period; At the bottom of the table&amp;comma; we find Bulgaria &amp;lpar;59 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Croatia &amp;lpar;66 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and Hungary &amp;lpar;67 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ec&period;europa&period;eu&sol;eurostat&sol;documents&sol;2995521&sol;11005802&sol;2-18062020-ap-en&period;pdf&sol;2469350f-ca14-6809-9a72-a4814893dcf2" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" aria-label&equals;"l’eurostat &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" class&equals;"rank-math-link">The Eurostat<&sol;a> also reveals that only nine member states have a level of material well-being above the European average&amp;colon; Luxembourg &amp;lpar;35 &amp;percnt; above average&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Germany &amp;lpar; 23 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; followed by Austria &amp;lpar;18 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Denmark &amp;lpar;16 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Belgium &amp;lpar;15 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Holland &amp;lpar;14 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Finland &amp;lpar;13 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; Sweden &amp;lpar;12 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar; and France &amp;lpar;9 &amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;la-consommation-baisse-au-portugal&period;png" class&equals;"wp-image-7465"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Eurostat has also carried out an analysis of gross domestic product &amp;lpar;GDP&amp;rpar; per capita as well as an indicator of economic activity&amp;comma; concluding that last year&amp;comma; GDP per capita in 10 member states was higher than the European average&amp;comma; with Luxembourg in the lead this table being again 61 &amp;percnt; above the average&amp;comma; ahead of Ireland and Switzerland&amp;period; Portugal appears with a &amp;percnt; per capita GDP&amp;per capita&amp;period. <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;la-valeur-des-biens-immobilier-au-portugal&sol;" class&equals;"rank-math-link">GDP<&sol;a> per capita 1 9 &amp;percnt; below the EU&amp;period average; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"wp-block-image"><figure class&equals;"aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;06&sol;consommation-au-portugal&period;png" class&equals;"wp-image-7466"&sol;><&sol;figure><&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;

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