On household food consumption in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2020

In 2020, compared with the previous year, there was an increase in consumption by the main food groups, except for vegetables (excluding potatoes). Consumption of such significant food groups as meat and meat products - by 6%, bread products and cereals - by 3%, milk and dairy products increased by 2,3%.

Consumption for certain types of food per capita on average for the month of 2020 was: potatoes – 4,2 kg, wheat bread from flour of the 1st grade – 2,9 kg, beef – 1,9 kg, raw milk – 1,4 l, kefir – 1,3 l, eggs – 16,6 pieces, apples – 1,6 kg, granulated sugar – 1,5 kg, rice- 1,3 kg, macaroni - 1 kg, fresh or chilled fish -0,7 kg, black tea – 0,1 kg.

When comparing the consumption of the main food groups in rural and urban populations, the greatest differentiation is observed in terms of the consumption of eggs, as well as fruits, bread products and cereals.

Considering the regional aspect of per capita consumption of main food groups with the smallest and largest consumption, the following leading regions can be noted:

Food groups	Regions with the lowest consumption	Regions with the highest consumption
bread products and cereals	Mangystau region (105,8 kg)	Turkestan region (185,7 kg)
meat and meat products	Shymkent city (53,2 kg)	Karaganda region (101,4 kg)
fish and seafood	Shymkent city (4,9 kg)	North Kazakhstan region (23,3 kg)
milk and dairy products	Shymkent city (165,7 kg)	Akmola region (320,6 kg)
eggs (pieces)	Mangystau region (129 pcs)	Akmola region (255 pcs)
oils and fats	Nur-Sultan city (12,7 kg)	Karaganda region (23,0 kg)
fruits	Shymkent city (61,1 kg)	Mangystau city (101,5 kg)
vegetables	North Kazakhstan region (60,4 kg)	Turkestan region (110,0 kg)
potatoes	Kyzylorda region (41,5 kg)	Karaganda region (62,2 kg)
sugar, jam, honey, chocolate, confectionery	Shymkent city (33,7 kg)	Akmola region (52,4 kg)

There remains a significant differentiation in food consumption between the extreme decile groups, so 10% of the least well-off population compared to 10% of the most well-off consumed 4,5 times less fish and seafood, meat and meat products, fruits– 3,4 times, milk and dairy products – 3,1 times, eggs – 3 times.

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