France household consumption expenditure volume (SA-WDA)
France household consumption expenditure volume (SA-WDA) stood at 330,454 in Q2 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Quarterly GDP and value added table (Value · Quarterly), with a complete series running from Q1 1949 to Q2 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Quarterly GDP and value added table
| Indicator | Q2-2026 | Q1-2026 | Q4-2025 | Q3-2025 | Q2-2025 | Q1-2025 | Q4-2024 | Q3-2024 | Q2-2024 | Q1-2024 | |
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| Consumption expenditures of households - Total - Volumes chained at previous year prices - SA-WDA series | 330,454 | 329,516 | 330,552 | 329,740 | 329,426 | 329,212 | 329,369 | 329,360 | 326,613 | 327,087 | |
| Individualisable consumption expenditures of general government - Total - Values at current prices - SA-WDA series | 119,298 | 118,365 | 117,734 | 117,431 | 116,576 | 115,835 | 114,936 | 114,344 | 113,525 | 112,849 |
Understanding france household consumption expenditure volume (SA-WDA)
Household final consumption is quantified in this series by chaining previous-year prices, providing a measure of the physical volume of goods and services acquired by consumer households. By stripping out retail price inflation and tariff adjustments, this indicator exposes true shifts in consumer purchasing power and material living standards. It differs from nominal consumption by ensuring that quarterly comparisons reflect only changes in the number and quality of items bought.
Readers should examine this volume path alongside consumer confidence indicators and employment figures to contextualize spending behavior. Revisions to early quarterly estimates often stem from late retail survey adjustments and credit card clearing data updates. When evaluated against total GDP, this series illustrates the dominant contribution of consumer demand to overall economic activity.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the primary advantage of using this volume measure over nominal consumption?
- It removes inflation, revealing whether consumers are buying more goods and services or simply paying higher prices.
- How are changes in product quality accounted for in this chained series?
- Statistical methods adjust price indexes for quality shifts so that upgrades in items do not register as pure inflation.
- Why do initial estimates of household consumption volume frequently undergo revision?
- Early estimates rely on sample surveys of retail trade, which are later reconciled with comprehensive fiscal data and VAT receipts.