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Table A.2.

Budget Shares by Category for the Poor (%)

	Bangladesh				India
	All	Rural	Urban	Bhutan	All	Rural	Urban	Maldives	Nepal	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
	2010	2010	2010	2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2009	2010	2011–2012	2012–2013
National consumption expenditure
Food	67	67	65	60	60	60	58	56	71	59	61
Nonfood nondurables	15	15	16	22	19	19	19	39	20	20	12
Health	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	0	3	2
Education	2	2	3	4	2	1	2	2	4	1	0
Durable goods	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2		0
Housing	12	12	14	12	15	14	16	13	3	17	23
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Standardized consumption aggregate
Food	64	64	62	55	55	56	45	50	64	56	66
Nonfood nondurables	18	18	19	23	24	24	23	18	17	22	14
Health	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	4	6	3	5
Education	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	4	2	2	4
Durable goods	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	3	1	1
Housing	12	12	14	17	16	14	25	17	8	17	17
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Bangladesh				India
	All	Rural	Urban	Bhutan	All	Rural	Urban	Maldives	Nepal	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
	2010	2010	2010	2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2011–2012	2009	2010	2011–2012	2012–2013
National consumption expenditure
Food	67	67	65	60	60	60	58	56	71	59	61
Nonfood nondurables	15	15	16	22	19	19	19	39	20	20	12
Health	3	3	3	2	4	4	4	2	0	3	2
Education	2	2	3	4	2	1	2	2	4	1	0
Durable goods	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	2		0
Housing	12	12	14	12	15	14	16	13	3	17	23
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Standardized consumption aggregate
Food	64	64	62	55	55	56	45	50	64	56	66
Nonfood nondurables	18	18	19	23	24	24	23	18	17	22	14
Health	3	3	2	1	4	4	3	4	6	3	5
Education	2	2	2	3	1	1	2	4	2	2	4
Durable goods	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8	3	1	1
Housing	12	12	14	17	16	14	25	17	8	17	17
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Note: India's consumption aggregates reported are based on the Uniform Recall Period.

Source: Authors’ estimates based on South Asia Harmonized Micro Dataset (accessed September 15, 2017).