Non-food expenditure of households has increased in Bangladesh in the past six years compared to expenses aimed at food purchases, data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) showed.

The expenditure related to the purchase of food items was 45.8 per cent in 2022 and it was 54.2 per cent for non-food items, according to the "Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2022", which was released today.

Food and non-food expenditures were 47.7 per cent and 52.3 per cent, respectively, in 2016.

The BBS conducted the survey among 14,400 households from January 1 to December 31 last year.