This statistic represents the distribution of food as a part of India's total expenditure between 1993-94 and 2025-26. In 2011-12, for instance, food consumption expenditure was approximately 45 percent of the total expenditure. The food consumption share had gradually decreased through the years.
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Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26
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India Food Forum. (January 19, 2016). Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/
India Food Forum. "Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26." Chart. January 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/
India Food Forum. (2016). Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/
India Food Forum. "Distribution of Food Consumption as a Part of Total Expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/
India Food Forum, Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/ (last visited June 30, 2025)
Distribution of food consumption as a part of total expenditure in India from 1993-94 to 2025-26 [Graph], India Food Forum, January 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/672963/food-consumption-as-share-of-expenditure-in-india/