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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1961

1961, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

The price level of household consumption says how expensive a country is: what the things households buy cost there, converted at market exchange rates, compared with prices in the United States. A value of 0.5 means a basket of consumer goods and services costs about half what the same basket cost in the US in 2021; above 1, more.

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1961 covers 112 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 0.41467; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at 0.02535. The middle country reads 0.08478. Against 1960, 111 values changed (90 up, 21 down), 1 country joined.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1961

HighestMauritania

0.41467

LowestEquatorial Guinea

0.02535

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Price Level of Household Consumption, 1961, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 112 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1961: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.41467ExtrapolatedRegular
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.36798ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.30437ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.23502ExtrapolatedOutlier
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.19558ExtrapolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.18323ExtrapolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.18103ExtrapolatedOutlier
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.16785ExtrapolatedRegular
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.16158ExtrapolatedOutlier
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.15305ExtrapolatedRegular
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.15167ExtrapolatedRegular
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.14811ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.14338ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.13660ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.13503ExtrapolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.13422ExtrapolatedRegular
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.13281ExtrapolatedRegular
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.13072ExtrapolatedRegular
PanamaPANCentral America0.12845ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.12800ExtrapolatedRegular
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia0.12774ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.12601ExtrapolatedRegular
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.12361ExtrapolatedRegular
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.12272ExtrapolatedRegular
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.12183ExtrapolatedRegular

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mauritania0.41467
  2. Mozambique0.36798
  3. Guinea-Bissau0.30437
  4. Argentina0.23502
  5. Cyprus0.19558

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guinea0.02535
  2. Bangladesh0.03405
  3. Uganda0.03449
  4. Rwanda0.03481
  5. Barbados0.04082

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.08478. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031960 → 1961

Since 1960

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 111values changed, of 111 in both
  • 90 · 21rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • South Korea0.11260 → 0.06525−0.04735
  • Türkiye0.09169 → 0.05162−0.04007
  • Togo0.09994 → 0.08752−0.01241
  • Brazil0.07178 → 0.05968−0.01210
  • Jordan0.07782 → 0.06771−0.01011
+ Sierra Leone

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 112 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    GGDC marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Extrapolated.

05The files

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Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1961). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1961

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