Greek households’ and non-profit institutions’ (offering services to households) available income fell by 8 percent in the third quarter of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, to 30.4 billion euros, reflecting a 9.9 percent decline in workers’ income and an 8.2 percent fall in social benefits to households, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Monday.

In a report, the statistics service said that final consumption spending of Greek households and NPIs fell by 10.2 percent in the July-September period in 2013 to 32.4 billion euros, from 36.1 billion euros in the same period in 2012.