Household consumption indicator October 2026, weekly indicator until week 44 2026
Household consumption increased in October 2026
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-11-11 8.00
Household consumption increased by 1.2 percent in October 2026 compared with September 2026. Compared with October 2025, household consumption increased by 3.3 percent. According to the weekly indicator, household consumption increased by 0.1 percent week 41-44 compared with week 37-40. All figures are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.
On both monthly and annual basis, seven out of the eleven purposes estimated in the indicator recorded positive growth rates.
The largest positive increase compared with September 2026 was observed for Recreation, sport and culture, which increased by 6.4 percent. The largest negative change in consumption occured in Information and communication, down 2.4 percent.
On an annual basis, the largest positive increase was observed for Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, which increased by 9.6 percent compared to October 2025. The largest negative growth rate was recorded for Health, decreasing by 4.6 percent.
Please note that the estimations for reference month October are mainly based on card transaction data and can be revised. For more information, please see section Revisions below.
Consumption increased according to the weekly indicator
According to the weekly Indicator, household consumption increased by 0.1 percent during weeks 41-44 compared with weeks 37-40. Of the eleven purposes estimated in the indicator, seven recorded positive growth rates. The largest increase was observed for Clothing and footwear as well as Recreation, sport and culture, where consumption increased by 1.5 percent. The largest negative growth rate was observed for Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, down 1.0 percent.
Household consumption for September 2026 revised
Since the previous publication, the volume change in consumption in September 2026 compared with August 2026 has been revised downwards by 0.7 percentage points to an increase of 0.5 percent. The volume change in September 2026 compared with September 2025 has been revised downwards by 0.8 percentage points to 2.7 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
| 2026M10 | 2026W41-2026W44 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth rate compared to same month previous year, percent | Growth rate compared to previous month, percent | Growth rate compared to w40-w43, percent | Growth rate compared to w37-w40, percent | |
| 01 food and non-alcoholic beverages | 8.2 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| 02 alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics | -0.8 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 03 clothing and footwear | 6.4 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| 04 housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels | -1.9 | -1.9 | -0.4 | -1.0 |
| 05 furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance | 9.6 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 |
| 06 health | -4.6 | -1.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 |
| 07 transport | 3.5 | -2.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 |
| 08 information and communication | 0.0 | -2.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 09 recreation, sport and culture | 8.4 | 6.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 |
| 10 education services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 11 restaurants and accommodation services | 5.4 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| 12 insurance and financial services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 13 personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services | 5.0 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 |
| total, excl. purpose 10 and 12 | 3.3 | 1.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
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
The monthly household consumption indicator is compiled using three methods and revised in stages as additional VAT return data become available. Up to 29 days after the end of the reference month, historical VAT return data are projected using card transaction data. From day 30 until aproximately 45 days after the end of the quarter, the initial projections are replaced by ID estimates based on reporting units that submitted VAT returns for both the reference month and the corresponding month of the previous year. The final statistics are based on all VAT returns for the reference month. The statistics are considered final when they are no longer covered by any planned revisions. At that point, the daily and weekly estimates are also finalised.
The seasonally adjusted series are always revised from January 2019 and forward.
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