Total average food and tobacco and non-food expenditure of a rural household                                                                                      

 For food and tobacco expenditures, the greatest share was for meat with 24.65 percent, and for non-food expenditures, housing had the greatest share with 26.25 percent.

In the food and tobacco expenditures category, there was an increase of 31.19% for sugar, confectionary, tea, coffee and cocoa, 28.82% for “oil and fats”, 23.17% for meat, 20.53% for nuts and dried fruits, 18.19% for fruits and vegetables, 17.58% for flour, macaroni, bread, cereal and cereal products, 10.43% for spices, seasonings and other edible mixtures, 10.39% for beverages, prepared foods and tobacco and 9.77% for milk and milk products and eggs in comparison to the previous year.

In the non-food expenditures category, there was an increase of 18.57% in medical care and health services, 15.45% in housing, 13.27% in transport and communications, 12.84% in miscellaneous goods and services, 9.76% in recreation, entertainment and cultural services, 8.84% in household furniture, furnishings, equipment and services and 8.47% in clothing and footwear in contrast to the previous year.

 Based on the results of the 2010 HIES, the average stated annual income[1] of a rural household amounted to 59,337,000 rials with a growth of 13.16 percent from the previous year. As to sources, 34.22 percent was from own-account agricultural and non-agricultural jobs, 32.61 percent from wage/salary jobs, and 33.17 percent from miscellaneous sources

Facilities of living quarters

According to the results of the 2010 HIES, in the rural areas 93% of households had  an access to piped water, 99.5% to electricity, 40% to piped natural gas, 79% to hot water bathroom, 70.0% used fixed phone,73% used cell phone, and 3 % had  an access to the Internet.

 Urban areas

Expenditures

In 2010, an average urban household's net [1]expenditures totaled 113,678,000 rials with a 14.60 percent rise from 2009. Of the figure, 26,157,000 rials (23.01%) went for food and tobacco expenditures and 87,520,000 rials (76.99%) for non-food expenditures. These figures show 16.21% and 14.13% rises for food and tobacco; and non-food expenditures in comparison with the preceding year respectively.