Zhongxin Finance, January 21st (Zuo Yukun) "After a year of hard work, where has all my money gone?" The answer to this century-old problem may be found in the list below.

  A few days ago, the National Bureau of Statistics updated and released the data on per capita consumption expenditure of residents in 31 provinces in 2021. Shanghai came out on top with a consumption expenditure of 48,879 yuan, followed by Beijing with a consumption expenditure of 43,640 yuan.

Screenshot source: National Bureau of Statistics

Beijing and Shanghai step into the consumption "40,000 yuan echelon"

  The list shows that Shanghai, which ranks first, will have per capita consumption expenditure of 48,879 yuan in 2021, an increase of 6,343 yuan from last year's 42,536 yuan.

  Beijing, which ranked second, entered the 40,000-yuan mark for the first time with a per capita consumption expenditure of 43,640 yuan. In 2020, this figure in Beijing was 38,903 yuan.

  Of course, if you can spend it, you can earn it.

In 2021, the per capita disposable income of residents in Shanghai will reach 78,027 yuan, which also ranks first in the country. mark".

  The competition for the "30,000 yuan echelon" is even more intense.

Zhejiang, Tianjin, Guangdong, and Jiangsu ranked third to sixth with 36,668 yuan, 33,188 yuan, 31,589 yuan, and 31,451 yuan, respectively.

  Compared with Zhejiang, which ranks third, the rankings of Tianjin and Guangdong in 2021 will be reversed with those in 2020.

In 2020, Guangdong ranked first in Tianjin with an advantage of only 31 yuan.

Data map: Shanghai Lujiazui Oriental Pearl TV Tower and the city flower Magnolia.

Photo by Zhang Hengwei

The per capita consumption expenditure in 8 places exceeds the national level

  In terms of spending power, which provinces are in the top half of the country?

  According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics, in 2021, the per capita consumption expenditure of national residents will be 24,100 yuan. After deducting the impact of price factors, the actual growth rate will be 12.6%.

  Compared with the national level, the per capita consumption expenditure of Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Fujian, and Chongqing is higher than the national average. National average consumption.

  Compared with income, there are also 8 places in the country whose per capita disposable income will exceed the national level in 2021, ranking Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Guangdong, Fujian and Shandong respectively.

  From this, where people prefer to save money relatively, and where people prefer to spend relatively, do you see some ways?

Data map: Streets of Beijing.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jia Tianyong

Where is the money spent?

  "With the continuous recovery of residents' income, the consumption demand of residents is gradually released, and consumer spending maintains a recovering rebound." Fang Xiaodan, director of the Household Survey Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, said that residents' consumption spending will continue to recover in 2021.

  First, the basic living consumption of residents will continue to grow rapidly in 2021.

The national per capita expenditure on food, tobacco and alcohol increased by an average of 8.6% in the two years, which was 2.9 percentage points faster than the average growth rate of all consumption expenditures in the two years.

  Among them, eating meat and drinking milk increased rapidly—the per capita consumption of meat and poultry was 45.2 kilograms, an increase of 20.5%; the per capita consumption of milk was 14.4 kilograms, an increase of 10.6%.

Eating and eating vegetables rose slowly—the per capita grain consumption was 131.4 kg, an increase of 2.6%; the per capita vegetable consumption was 109.8 kg, an increase of 6.0%.

  Secondly, in 2021, the Engel coefficient of household consumption will decline, and the proportion of service consumption will rebound.

In 2021, the Engel coefficient of national residents will be 29.8%, down 0.4 percentage points from the previous year.

The per capita service consumption expenditure of the national residents was 10,645 yuan, an increase of 17.8% over the previous year.

  Among them, the per capita expenditure on catering services increased by 38.0%, the per capita expenditure on transportation and communication services increased by 9.5%, and the per capita expenditure on health care services increased by 18.7%.

  Where is your money going in 2021?

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