Assuming that the distribution itself remains constant, the simulation reveals that about 220 million – 180 million in rural areas and 40 million in  4  BIS Review 143/2010  urban areas – people would have reached the threshold level of MPCE over this five-year period.
In addition to this, people who were already above the threshold in 2004–05 would, as a result of rising incomes, presumably also increase their consumption of these items. Slide 5 A simulation exercise  At the aggregate level, this analysis presents a dramatic picture of how increasing affluence is impacting the spending on protein sources.