Food budget shares and income and price elasticities
are estimated, using 1996 data, for nine major consumption
groups and eight food subgroups across 114 countries.
The broad groups include food, beverage, and tobacco;
clothing and footwear; education; gross rent, fuel, and
power; house furnishings and operations; medical care;
recreation; transport and communications; and other items.
Food subgroups include bread and cereals, meat, fish,
dairy products, fats and oils, fruit and vegetables, beverages
and tobacco, and other food products. The depth and breath
of these data provide an opportunity to incorporate the
elasticities into research on changing food demand patterns.
For each of the 114 countries included in this analysis,
data are presented on per capita food group share of total
expenditures, individual food subgroup share of total
food budgets, and income and price elasticities for the
broad groups and food subgroups.
Changing Structure of
Global Food Consumption and Trade explores factors
underlying shifts in global food consumption patterns
and the composition of world agricultural trade. Higher
incomes, diet diversification, and increasing demand for
higher quality and labor-saving products are among the
factors that influence food consumption and trade.
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