{"id":8647,"date":"2021-10-17T11:57:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-17T06:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:19:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T07:49:59","slug":"increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase and Decrease in Demand (Changes in Demand) |  Free Economic Blogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_81 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69dbb77fca9b5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69dbb77fca9b5\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs\/#Increase_and_Decrease_in_Demand\" >Increase and Decrease in Demand<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs\/#Changes_in_Demand\" >Changes in Demand<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs\/#1_Increase_in_demand\" >1) Increase in demand<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/increase-and-decrease-in-demand-changes-in-demand-free-economic-blogs\/#2_Decrease_in_demand\" >2) Decrease in demand<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Increase_and_Decrease_in_Demand\"><\/span>Increase and Decrease in Demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Changes_in_Demand\"><\/span>Changes in Demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>When demand for a commodity increases or decreases due to changes in other factors and price remains constant, it is known as changes in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nios.ac.in\/media\/documents\/SecEcoCour\/English\/Chapter-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">demand<\/a>. <br><strong>It is of two types:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Increase_in_demand\"><\/span>1) Increase in demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It refers to an increase in quantity demanded due to favourable changes in other factors like tastes, income of the consumer, climatic conditions etc. and price remains constant. The demand curve shifts to the right-hand side of the original demand curve. This can be explained with the help of fig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Increase in demand curve\" class=\"wp-image-8665 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;width:768px;height:432px\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-in-demand.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown in fig. DD is the original demand curve. Demand curve shifts outward to the right from DD to D<sub>1<\/sub>D<sub>1<\/sub> which indicates increase in demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Increase and Decrease in Demand\" class=\"wp-image-8663 lazyload\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Increase-and-Decrease-in-Demand.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Increase and Decrease in Demand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/microeconomic-definition\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/microeconomic-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Microeconomic Definition | Historical Review of Microeconomics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/scope-of-microeconomics\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/scope-of-microeconomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Scope Or Nature of Microeconomics<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/features-of-microeconomics\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/features-of-microeconomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Features of Microeconomics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/importance-of-microeconomics\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/importance-of-microeconomics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Importance of Microeconomics<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Decrease_in_demand\"><\/span>2) Decrease in demand<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>It refers to decrease in quantity demanded due to unfavourable changes in other factors like tastes, income of the consumer, climatic conditions etc. and price remains constant. Demand curve shifts to left hand side of the original demand curve. This can be explained with the help of fig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Decrease in demand curve\" class=\"wp-image-8667 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/576;width:768px;height:432px\" title=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Decrease-in-demand.jpg 1920w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As show in fig. DD is the original demand curve. It shifts inward to the left from DD to D<sub>2<\/sub>D<sub>2<\/sub> which indicates decrease in demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/importance-of-law-of-diminishing-marginal-utility\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/importance-of-law-of-diminishing-marginal-utility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Importance of Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/utility-in-economics-meaning-concepts\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/utility-in-economics-meaning-concepts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Utility in Economics ( Concepts of Utility )<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/features-of-utility\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/features-of-utility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Features of Utility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/types-of-utility\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/types-of-utility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Types of Utility<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[3312],"class_list":["post-8647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educational-blogs","category-misc","tag-increase-and-decrease-in-demand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8647"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39646,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8647\/revisions\/39646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scholarsclasses.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}