Data for 2021

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2021

Name: Price Level of Household Consumption, 2021
Creator: Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC)
License: https://doi.org/10.34894/FABVLR

2021, 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, 2021 covers 185 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 31.07890; Syria is lowest, at 0.21921. The middle country reads 0.47401. Against 2020, 185 values changed (167 up, 18 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2021

HighestVenezuela

31.07890

LowestSyria

0.21921

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

185countries
1measure
2021the year it describes
185distinct values15 decimals, as published
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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2021: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).

Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.07890	Extrapolated	Outlier
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.45057	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	1.33723	Benchmark	Outlier
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.32504	Benchmark	Regular
Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1.29879	Benchmark	Regular
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.21455	Benchmark	Regular
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	1.21397	Benchmark	Regular
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	1.17961	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Outlier
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.14688	Benchmark	Regular
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.13586	Benchmark	Regular
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.13094	Benchmark	Regular
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.11896	Benchmark	Regular
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	1.09990	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.08566	Benchmark	Regular
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.05321	Benchmark	Regular
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.02134	Benchmark	Regular
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.01696	Benchmark	Regular
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.01571	Benchmark	Regular
Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.97035	Benchmark	Regular
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.96996	Benchmark	Regular
United States`USA`Northern America	0.96505	Benchmark	Regular
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.96305	Extrapolated	Regular
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.90177	Benchmark	Regular
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.89218	Benchmark	Regular
France`FRA`Western Europe	0.88161	Benchmark	Regular
Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.87946	Benchmark	Regular
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.86929	Benchmark	Regular
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.85987	Benchmark	Regular
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.83117	Benchmark	Outlier
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.82179	Benchmark	Regular
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.82170	Benchmark	Regular
Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	0.80570	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.80450	Benchmark	Regular
Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	0.80330	Benchmark	Regular
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.80325	Benchmark	Regular
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.80285	Benchmark	Regular
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.79276	Benchmark	Regular
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.77811	Benchmark	Regular
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.76610	Benchmark	Regular
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.74374	Benchmark	Regular
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.74362	Benchmark	Regular
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.73184	Benchmark	Regular
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.71662	Benchmark	Regular
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.71609	Extrapolated	Regular
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.71521	Benchmark	Regular
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.70297	Benchmark	Regular
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.69778	Benchmark	Regular
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.67104	Benchmark	Regular
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.66528	Benchmark	Regular
Uruguay`URY`South America	0.66131	Benchmark	Regular
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.65348	Benchmark	Regular
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.63262	Benchmark	Regular
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.62929	Benchmark	Regular
Chile`CHL`South America	0.62429	Benchmark	Regular
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.61989	Benchmark	Regular
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.61610	Benchmark	Regular
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.61014	Benchmark	Regular
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.60859	Benchmark	Regular
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.60525	Benchmark	Regular
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.60429	Benchmark	Regular
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.59831	Benchmark	Regular
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.58942	Benchmark	Regular
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.58567	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.58462	Benchmark	Regular
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.58442	Benchmark	Regular
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.58362	Benchmark	Regular
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.58141	Benchmark	Regular
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.56443	Extrapolated	Regular
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.56195	Benchmark	Regular
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.55835	Benchmark	Regular
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.55688	Benchmark	Regular
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.55556	Benchmark	Regular
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.55143	Benchmark	Regular
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.54302	Benchmark	Regular
Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.54297	Benchmark	Regular
Panama`PAN`Central America	0.54183	Benchmark	Regular
Belize`BLZ`Central America	0.53703	Benchmark	Regular
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.52775	Benchmark	Regular
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.52399	Benchmark	Regular
Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.52082	Benchmark	Regular
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.51572	Benchmark	Regular
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.51050	Benchmark	Regular
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.50951	Benchmark	Regular
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.49714	Benchmark	Regular
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.49348	Benchmark	Regular
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.48555	Benchmark	Regular
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.48528	Benchmark	Regular
Peru`PER`South America	0.48449	Benchmark	Regular
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.48051	Benchmark	Regular
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.48028	Benchmark	Regular
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.47933	Benchmark	Regular
Honduras`HND`Central America	0.47723	Benchmark	Regular
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.47401	Benchmark	Regular
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.47253	Benchmark	Regular
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.47241	Benchmark	Regular
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.47185	Benchmark	Regular
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.47105	Benchmark	Regular
Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.46660	Benchmark	Regular
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.46449	Benchmark	Regular
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.46108	Benchmark	Regular
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.45444	Benchmark	Regular
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.45372	Benchmark	Regular
Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.44967	Benchmark	Regular
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.44886	Benchmark	Regular
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.44597	Benchmark	Regular
Brazil`BRA`South America	0.44109	Benchmark	Regular
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.43834	ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated	Regular
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.43811	Benchmark	Regular
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.43506	Benchmark	Regular
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.43486	Benchmark	Regular
Argentina`ARG`South America	0.42859	Benchmark	Regular
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.42527	Benchmark	Regular
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.42440	Benchmark	Regular
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.41842	Benchmark	Regular
Colombia`COL`South America	0.41235	Benchmark	Regular
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.40731	Benchmark	Regular
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.40527	Benchmark	Regular
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.40523	Benchmark	Regular
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.40432	Benchmark	Regular
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.40201	Extrapolated	Regular
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.40139	Benchmark	Regular
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.39866	Benchmark	Regular
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.39391	Benchmark	Regular
Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.39277	Benchmark	Regular
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.39113	Benchmark	Regular
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.39022	Benchmark	Regular
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.38658	Benchmark	Regular
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.38421	Benchmark	Regular
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.38213	Benchmark	Regular
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.38075	Benchmark	Regular
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.38053	Benchmark	Regular
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.37044	Benchmark	Regular
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.36895	Benchmark	Regular
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.36767	Benchmark	Regular
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.36589	Benchmark	Regular
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.36588	Benchmark	Regular
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.35625	Benchmark	Regular
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.35349	Benchmark	Regular
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.35219	Benchmark	Regular
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.34954	Benchmark	Regular
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.34780	Benchmark	Regular
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.34758	Benchmark	Regular
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.34757	Benchmark	Regular
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.34312	Benchmark	Regular
Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.34303	Benchmark	Regular
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.34280	Benchmark	Regular
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.33906	Benchmark	Regular
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.33789	Benchmark	Regular
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.33637	Benchmark	Regular
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.33239	Benchmark	Regular
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.33070	Benchmark	Regular
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.33052	Benchmark	Regular
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.32531	Benchmark	Regular
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.32502	Benchmark	Regular
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.32418	Benchmark	Regular
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.31825	Benchmark	Regular
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.31734	Benchmark	Regular
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.31201	Benchmark	Regular
Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.31162	Benchmark	Regular
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.30886	Benchmark	Regular
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.30858	Benchmark	Regular
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.30605	Benchmark	Regular
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.30283	Benchmark	Regular
Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.29862	Benchmark	Regular
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.29852	Benchmark	Regular
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.29200	Benchmark	Regular
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.28916	Benchmark	Regular
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.28557	Benchmark	Regular
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.28520	Benchmark	Regular
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.28509	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.28345	Benchmark	Regular
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.28179	Benchmark	Regular
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.27710	Benchmark	Regular
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.27442	Benchmark	Regular
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.27399	Benchmark	Regular
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.27274	Benchmark	Regular
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.27020	Benchmark	Regular
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.26655	Benchmark	Regular
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.25988	ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated	Regular
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.25863	Benchmark	Regular
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.25847	Benchmark	Regular
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.25583	Benchmark	Regular
India`IND`Southern Asia	0.25415	Benchmark	Regular
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.25196	Benchmark	Regular
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.21921	Benchmark	Regular

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Venezuela31.07890
Barbados1.45057
Cayman Islands1.33723
Switzerland1.32504
Bermuda1.29879

Lowest

Syria0.21921
Pakistan0.25196
India0.25415
Egypt0.25583
Uzbekistan0.25847

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.47401. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

+0 / −0countries joined / left
185values changed, of 185 in both
167 · 18rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Venezuela22.95502 → 31.07890+8.12388
Iceland1.06062 → 1.21455+0.15394
New Zealand0.91670 → 1.05321+0.13651
Australia0.96014 → 1.08566+0.12552
Norway1.01133 → 1.13586+0.12452

Fell most

South Sudan0.66101 → 0.52399−0.13702
Suriname0.44727 → 0.31201−0.13525
Syria0.32294 → 0.21921−0.10374
Ethiopia0.29910 → 0.26655−0.03255
Sri Lanka0.29626 → 0.27399−0.02227

04Caveats

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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 2021.
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Every one of the 185 countries has every column.
Some readings carry a flag
GGDC marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Extrapolated, ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated, Benchmark, ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated.

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Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (2021). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2021

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