Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose
Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose is a Reference Classification published by the United Nations Statistics Division that divides the purpose of individual consumption expenditures incurred by three institutional sectors, namely households, non-profit institutions serving households, and general government.
Categories in COICOP generally correspond to categories in the UN's CPC. Division 14 of COICOP corresponds to the Classification of the Purposes of Non-Profit Institutions Serving Households ; Division 15 of COICOP corresponds to the Classification of the Functions of Government.
The classification units are transactions.
COICOP's latest revision is currently available as COICOP 2018.
Structure
Structure levels
- Structure Level 1: Divisions
- Structure Level 2: Groups
- Structure Level 3: Classes
- Structure Level 4: Subclasses