Andorra Household Spending Rises 7.2% to €59,065 in 2025, Housing Surges 11.7%

Household spending in Andorra climbed 7.2% in 2025 from the prior year, reaching an average of €59,065 per household, based on the latest Family Budget Survey from the statistics department.

Per-person expenditure rose 4.8% to €26,826. After accounting for 2.6% inflation, real total spending increased 4.5%, with per-household real growth at 2.8% and per-person at 2.1%. Aggregate domestic outlays hit €2.37 billion.

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels took the largest share at 32.8% of spending, totaling €19,396 per household—a sharp 11.7% rise from €17,367 in 2024 and 23.9% above 2022 levels. This outpaced overall spending growth and dwarfed other categories. Food and non-alcoholic beverages followed at 14.8% (down 8%), while transport held 14.2%. These three areas covered 61.8% of consumption.

Renting dominated, with 62.8% of residents—around 55,474 people—in such homes, up from 61.7% the previous year. Just 24.9% owned homes outright, and 12.3% had mortgages. Renters faced heavier burdens: low-income households allocated 37.3% of budgets to housing and utilities, plus 23.4% to food, exceeding 60% on basics. High-income renters spent 22%. Owners averaged 11.7%, with low-income at 16.7% and high-income at 8%.

Average monthly rent per square metre across all rentals reached €9.9, up 5.3% from €9.4, yielding €755.6 per household (median €668.9). Newer contracts (under one year) averaged €12.1 per square metre, with a €12 median, compared to €7.4 for those over 20 years.

Other shifts included 44% growth in clothing and footwear, 38.8% in education, and 29.7% in recreation, sport and culture. Health spending dropped 13.4%, and furniture plus maintenance fell 10.9%.

Domestic purchases within Andorra made up 85.4% of outlays, up 9.4%. Residents averaged 12.2 years in their main homes, with 48.4% over a decade and 7.3% under two years. Households without dependents comprised 54.8%, including 14.1% single adults and 40.7% multi-adult. Single-parent homes were 5.9%. Car ownership reached 84.4% of households, with 14% carless; 13.3% owned secondary homes, mostly in Spain (68.2%) or Portugal (16.8%).