Household consumption indicator September 2026, weekly indicator until week 40 2026
Household consumption increased in September 2026
Statistical news from Statistics Sweden 2026-10-14 8.00
Household consumption increased by 1.1 percent in September 2026 compared with August 2026. Compared with September 2025, household consumption increased by 3.5 percent. According to the weekly indicator, household consumption increased by 0.5 percent week 37-40 compared with week 33-36. All figures are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.
On a monthly basis, nine of the eleven purposes estimated in the indicator recorded positive growth rates. Compared with August 2026, the largest increases were observed for the purposes Alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics and Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services, both of which increased by 3.6 percent.
On an annual basis, Health was the only purpose to record a negative growth rate, decreasing by 4.4 percent compared with September 2025. The largest increase was observed for Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance, which rose by 7.1 percent compared with September 2025.
Please note that the estimations for reference month September 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 0.5 percent during weeks 37-40 compared with weeks 33-36. Of the eleven purposes estimated in the indicator, nine recorded positive growth rates. The largest increase was observed for the purpose Recreation, sport and culture, where consumption increased by 1.9 percent.
All growth rates are measured in constant prices and are calendar and seasonally adjusted.
Household consumption for August 2026 revised
Since the previous publication, the calendar- and seasonally adjusted development in constant prices in August 2026 compared with July 2026 has been revised downwards by 1.3 percentage points to minus 0.4 percent.
The calendar- and seasonally adjusted development in constant prices in August 2026 compared with August 2025 has been revised downwards by 1.8 percentage points to 2.3 percent.
Below table shows growth rates for the monthly and weekly indicator by purpose COICOP.
Growth rates by purpose COICOP
| 2026M09 | 2026W37-2026W40 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth rate. year on year. percent | Growth rate compared to previous month. percent | Growth rate compared to w36-w39. percent | Growth rate compared to w33-w36. percent | |
| 01 food and non-alcoholic beverages | 6.6 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 02 alcoholic beverages. tobacco and narcotics | 1.5 | 3.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 03 clothing and footwear | 6.0 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
| 04 housing. water. electricity. gas and other fuels | 0.8 | -0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 05 furnishings. household equipment and routine household maintenance | 7.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| 06 health | -4.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 |
| 07 transport | 6.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 |
| 08 information and communication | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 1.1 |
| 09 recreation. sport and culture | 4.2 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 1.9 |
| 10 education services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 11 restaurants and accommodation services | 2.3 | -0.3 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| 12 insurance and financial services | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| 13 personal care. social protection and miscellaneous goods and services | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| total. excl. purpose 10 and 12 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
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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