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The average American household spends $2,390 per year on food consumed at home, the USDA notes. The average German household spends $2,646 per year. The average French household spends $3,241 per year. The average Norwegian spends a whopping $4,454 per year on food.The USDA doesn't explain the variation. Some of it likely has to do with different tax systems in Europe (here's an international comparison of food prices), as well as differences in eating out.he average American, after all, spends just 6.5 percent of his or her household budget on food consumed at home. (If you include eating out, that rises to around 11 percent. ). In Pakistan, by contrast, the average person spends 41.4 percent of his or her household budget on food consumed at home.
Gallup has released new poll results on how much Americans spend on food per week. The last time Gallup asked this question was 1987, in which the average amount spent per week on food was $108.Over 20 years later, that number has climbed to $151.To give some perspective, in 1943 an average of $15 was spent on food per week (not adjusted for inflation). Interestingly enough, Americans used to spend more on food in the 1960s, with an all-time high at $234 in 1966 and 1967.The chart below illustrates that spending does vary significantly among respondents, with eight percent of the respondents spending less than $50 per week on food and 10 percent spending $300 or more.he last time Gallup asked this question was 1987, in which the average amount spent per week on food was $108. Over 20 years later, that number has climbed to $151. To give some perspective, in 1943 an average of $15 was spent on food per week (not adjusted for inflation).