A household cultural consumption basket, or a clothing basket in Iran?

The small share of cultural services, entertainment, and tourism in household cultural spending

Today, because of the country's economic problems, cultural expenditures compared with the economic and everyday costs of our lives are of lesser importance, and their share of Iranian families' spending basket has declined. In this situation the pattern and items of Iranian households' cultural spending have also undergone change and transformation.

According to the Namafar center's "Report on Iranians' Cultural Spending in 1401 (2022/23)," the share of Iranian households' cultural expenditures of their total spending in 1401 (2022/23) was equivalent to 9.1 percent. An examination of the share of household cultural spending in 1401 (2022/23) by category shows that the "fashion and clothing" section, at 5.2 percent, has accounted for more than half of household cultural spending.

If we take a close look at this subject, it becomes clear that the share of the 13 other subject categories that, alongside fashion and clothing, make up Iranian households' cultural expenditures is only 3.9 percent, equivalent to 4 million tomans of household cultural spending.

Also, the share of subjects such as education, recreation and entertainment, cultural services, handicrafts, tourism, and publishing and books of Iran's household cultural spending has over the past few years always had a declining trend.