Table 1 Mean monthly household food expenditure between rural and urban areas, 2017/18
From: Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security
Food basket | Rural | Urban | Total | % rural | % urban | % total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bread and cereals | 61,772.13 | 56,098.04 | 117,870.17 | 38.76 | 34.16 | 36.43 |
Meat | 15,502.90 | 19,362.76 | 34,865.66 | 9.73 | 11.79 | 10.77 |
Fish | 13,226.59 | 18,744.73 | 31,971.32 | 8.30 | 11.41 | 9.88 |
Milk, cheese and eggs | 5,897.26 | 3,499.11 | 9,396.37 | 3.70 | 2.13 | 2.90 |
Oils and fats | 7,559.06 | 10,287.67 | 17,846.73 | 4.74 | 6.26 | 5.52 |
Fruits | 4,134.72 | 5,852.66 | 9,987.38 | 2.59 | 3.56 | 3.09 |
Vegetables | 40,961.42 | 37,476.85 | 78,438.27 | 25.70 | 22.82 | 24.24 |
Sugar, jam, honey, | 5,731.64 | 8,576.76 | 14,308.40 | 3.60 | 5.22 | 4.42 |
Food products n.e.c | 1,559.67 | 1,571.46 | 3,131.13 | 0.98 | 0.96 | 0.97 |
Coffee, tea and cocoa | 467.2 | 549.62 | 1016.82 | 0.29 | 0.33 | 0.31 |
Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable | 2,549.31 | 2,207.87 | 4,757.18 | 1.60 | 1.34 | 1.47 |
Total food Expenditure | 159,361.8 | 164,227.5 | 323,589.41 | 49.25 | 50.75 | 100.00 |