恩格尔系数是经济学中的一个重要概念,是我国全面小康社会16项基本监测指标及人民生活水平达小康的临界值之一。改革开放以来,特别是最近几年,我国的恩格尔系数大幅下降,农村居民跌破了50％,城市居民跌至40％以下。2003年,我区农村牧区居民恩格尔系数为41．3％,城镇居民为31．5％,标志着我区经济社会的快速发展和人民生活水平的显著提高。 The Engel’s Coefficient is an important concept in economics and is one of the 16 basic monitoring indicators of the well-off society in an all-round well-to-do scale and the critical value for people’s standard of living. Since the reform and opening up, especially in recent years, the Engel coefficient of our country has dropped sharply. Rural residents have fallen below 50% and urban residents have fallen below 40%. In 2003, the Engel coefficient of rural pastoralists in our district was 41.3% and that of urban residents was 31.5%, marking the rapid economic and social development in our region and the remarkable improvement of people’s living standards.