(ANSA) - Rome, June 19 - The average Italian household spent
2,564 euros a month in 2017, up 1.6% on the previous year, ISTAT
said on Tuesday.
The national statistics agency added, however, that this was
still below the average spending of 2,640 in 2011.
It said there was a big difference between spending in
wealthy and less wealthy areas of the country.
The average monthly expenditure in the north-east was 2,875
euros, compared to 1,983 on the islands of Sicily and Sardinia.
The agency reported an "increase in inequality of the
distribution of spending" with the expenditure of the families
that spend less down 5% last year, while it was up 4.3% for
those that spend more.
Household spending up 1.6% in 2017 (3)
But still below level of 2011 says national statistics agency