*The data on food expenditure correspond to Brazil (2018), Chile (2017), Costa Rica (2018), Ecuador (2012), Plurinational State of Bolivia (2016), Mexico (2020), Dominican Republic (2018), and Uruguay (2017).
**In the case of Brazil, food expenditure is broken down into five different groups based on the seven income groups presented in dados.gov.br. The grouping by quintiles used for Brazil considers: "up to R$1,908" (Q1), "between R$1,909 and R$5,724" (Q2), "between R$5,725 and R$9,540" (Q3), "between R$9,541 and R$23,850" (Q4), and "more than R$23,850" (Q5).
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Food spending by income in Latin America and Caribbean, 2013-2020 data.
In general terms, people with higher incomes allocate a smaller percent of their budget to food purchases in Latin America and the Caribbean. For example, in Mexico, the lowest quintile (Q1) spends on average nearly ** percent of their income on food, while the highest quintile spends only **** percent.
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