On household food consumption in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2019

In 2019, compared with the previous year, there was an increase in consumption in four food groups products : fish and seafood - 10.6%, fruits - 3.3%, meat and meat products - by 1.3%, eggs – 0,5%.

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The average monthly consumption of certain types of food per capita was: potatoes - 4 kg, wheat bread from flour of the 1st grade – 2.9 kg, beef – 2 kg, raw milk - 1.7 l, kefir - 1.4 l, eggs – 16.2 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, bakery products and cereals.

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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	Nur-Sultan city (105,5 kg)	Turkestan region (184,7 kg)
meat and meat products	Shymkent city (53,1 kg)	Karaganda region (92,2 kg)
fish and seafood	Shymkent city (6,6 kg)	North Kazakhstan region (20,1 kg)
milk and dairy products	Shymkent city (192,8 kg)	Akmola region (314,0 kg)
eggs (pieces)	Mangystau region (128,1 pcs)	Karaganda region (247,3 pcs)
oils and fats	Shymkent city (12,9 kg)	Karaganda region (22,3 kg)
fruits	Kostanay region (60,7 kg)	Almaty city (98,1 kg)
vegetables	Aktobe region (61,3 kg)	Turkestan region (110,2 kg)
potatoes	Kyzylorda region (42,5 kg)	Karaganda region (60,4 kg)
sugar, jam, honey, chocolate, confectionery	Shymkent city (36,6 kg)	Akmola region (51,0 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 3.5 times less fish and seafood, meat and meat products, fruits– 3.2 times, milk and dairy products – 3 times, eggs – 2.9 times.

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