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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963

1963, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963 covers 113 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 0.38392; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at 0.02582. The middle country reads 0.08649. Against 1962, 113 values changed (87 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1963

HighestMozambique

0.38392

LowestEquatorial Guinea

0.02582

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 113 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.38392ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.31321ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.26222ExtrapolatedOutlier
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.19154ExtrapolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.17684ExtrapolatedOutlier
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.17583ExtrapolatedRegular
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.16922ExtrapolatedRegular
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.16356ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.15708ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.15580ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.14794ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.14689ExtrapolatedRegular
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.13997ExtrapolatedRegular
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.13948ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.13916ExtrapolatedRegular
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.13828ExtrapolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.13775ExtrapolatedRegular
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.13638ExtrapolatedRegular
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.13272ExtrapolatedRegular
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.13213ExtrapolatedRegular
PanamaPANCentral America0.13081ExtrapolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.13030ExtrapolatedRegular
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.12751ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.12624ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.12540ExtrapolatedRegular

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mozambique0.38392
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.31321
  3. Argentina0.26222
  4. Cyprus0.19154
  5. Malta0.17684

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guinea0.02582
  2. Bangladesh0.03327
  3. Uganda0.03586
  4. Rwanda0.03784
  5. Guinea0.04175

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.08649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 113values changed, of 113 in both
  • 87 · 26rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1963.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 113 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

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1963). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1963

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963?

Mozambique, at 0.38392, of the 113 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963 describe?

1963.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963 cover?

113.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Price Level of Household Consumption, 1963 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Price Level of Household Consumption, 2023.

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