エンゲル係けい数すう

noun

Engel's coefficient; food expenditure share

Economics term for the proportion of household income spent on food; used as an indicator of living standards.

• エンゲル係けい数すうが高たかいほど、生せい活かつ水すい準じゅんが低ひくいとされる。

  The higher the Engel coefficient, the lower the standard of living is considered to be.

• 日本にほんのエンゲル係けい数すうは近きん年ねん上じょう昇しょう傾けい向こうにある。

  Japan's Engel coefficient has been on the rise in recent years.