Written by Umang Saini
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Expense

I recently crossed $17k mark in my spendings (excluding investments). This post is a review of where that money went in the last 55 months stay at Bengaluru, India.
Here's a per day chart (cumulative average)-


Summary
  1. Per day expense - Rs. 464
  2. Per month ~ Rs. 14,120
Where it went (in %)


A Forbes article on World Spending (2008, Link) gives a data point for India -
  1. Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages - 34%
  2. Alcoholic Beverages, Tobacco and Narcotics - 2%
  3. Clothing and Footwear - 5%
  4. Housing, Water, Elec, Gas, Fuels - 12%
  5. Furnishing, Household Equip - 3%
  6. Health - 7%
  7. Transport - 15%
  8. Communication - 2%
  9. Recreation and Culture - 2%
  10. Education 6%
  11. Restaurants and Hotels - 2%
Let me know your thoughts in comments.

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US