RFE/RL: How much do Europeans spend on eating out? (Infographics) By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Published Jan. 4, 2020. Updated Jan. 4 at 6:15 pm People have dinner in a restaurant's terrace on the main square of Marciac, on July 31, 2018, during the 41st edition of the Marciac Jazz Festival. Photo by AFP In 2018, households in the European Union spent on average 7 percent of their expenditure on eating out. Here’s who spent the most and the least.