Household consumption indicator August 2026, weekly indicator until week 36 2026
Household consumption increased in August 2026
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-09-16 8.00
Household consumption increased by 0.7 percent in August 2026 compared with July 2026. Compared with August 2025, household consumption increased by 4.0 percent. According to the weekly indicator, household consumption increased by 0.7 percent week 33-36 compared with week 29-32. All figures are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.
On a monthly basis, nine out of the eleven purposes measured in the indicator increased compared to July 2026. The largest growth rate on a monthly basis came from furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, which increased by 5.4 percent compared to the previous month.
On a yearly basis, only purpose alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics showed negative growth rate, and decreased by 1.4 percent compared to August 2025. Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance showed the largest positive growth rate compared to August 2025, with an increase of 13.2 percent.
Consumption increased according to the weekly indicator
According to the weekly indicator, household consumption increased by 0.7 percent week 33-36 compared with week 29-32. Nine out of eleven purposes estimated in the indicator showed positive growth rates. The largest increase came from purpose transport which went up by 2.2 percent.
All growth rates are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.
Below table shows growth rates for the monthly and weekly indicator by purpose COICOP.
Growth rates by purpose COICOP
| 2026M08 | 2026W33-2026W36 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth rate, year on year, percent | Growth rate compared to previous month, percent | Growth rate compared to w32-w35, percent | Growth rate compared to w29-w32, percent | |
| 01 food and non-alcoholic beverages | 7.6 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 02 alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics | -1.4 | -3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 03 clothing and footwear | 6.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.8 |
| 04 housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 05 furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance | 13.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| 06 health | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.1 |
| 07 transport | 8.0 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
| 08 information and communication | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| 09 recreation, sport and culture | 4.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 10 education services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 11 restaurants and accommodation services | 2.6 | 1.7 | -0.8 | 0.7 |
| 12 insurance and financial services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 13 personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services | 4.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| total, excl. purpose 10 and 12 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Household consumption per month, reference year 2025
Household consumption per week, reference year 2025
Definitions and explanations
The consumption indicator shall describe the total consumption by purpose excluding education services, insurance and financial services (purpose 10 and 12).
The Consumer Price Index is used for deflation.
The reference year for all time series is the previous year.
Revisions
When the monthly indicator of household consumptionis published for a new month, previous months are also revised if new information has been added. Usually, the material is revised between one and four months backwards, depending on where in the quarter the reference month is located.
The seasonally adjusted series are always revised from January 2019 and forward.
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