Data for 1970

General Government Consumption, 1970

Name: General Government Consumption, 1970
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1970 covers 95 countries. Israel is highest, at 35.710; Hong Kong is lowest, at 5.657. The middle country reads 12.838.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1970

HighestIsrael

35.710

LowestHong Kong

5.657

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

95countries
1measure
1970the year it describes
95distinct values14 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of General Government Consumption, 1970, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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General Government Consumption, 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	35.710
2	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.672
3	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.083
4	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	28.956
5	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	23.526
6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	22.298
7	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	21.017
8	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.988
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.962
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	20.257
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	20.088
12	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	19.939
13	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.665
14	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	18.782
15	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	18.710
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18.277
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	18.163
18	United States`USA`Northern America	17.962
19	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	17.869
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	17.715
21	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.529
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	17.394
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	17.290
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	16.974
25	Guyana`GUY`South America	16.972
26	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.861
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	16.789
28	Uruguay`URY`South America	16.679
29	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.532
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	16.371
31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	16.295
32	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	16.257
33	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.929
34	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	15.857
35	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	15.781
36	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	15.579
37	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	15.186
38	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.079
39	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	14.928
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	14.552
41	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.281
42	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.573
43	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.572
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	13.377
45	Panama`PAN`Central America	13.260
46	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	13.149
47	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	13.105
48	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.838
49	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.828
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	12.815
51	Chile`CHL`South America	12.629
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	12.565
53	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.276
54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.033
55	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.022
56	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.974
57	Peru`PER`South America	11.890
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	11.878
59	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	11.835
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.578
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	11.348
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.325
63	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	11.247
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	11.102
65	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.987
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.952
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	10.755
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	10.723
69	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	10.645
70	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.610
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	10.585
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.148
73	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	10.041
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.848
75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.807
76	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.772
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.743
78	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.738
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.700
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	9.693
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.591
82	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	9.565
83	Colombia`COL`South America	9.252
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.007
85	India`IND`Southern Asia	8.947
86	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	8.917
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.772
88	Niger`NER`Western Africa	8.678
89	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.147
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.952
91	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	7.827
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	7.262
93	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.945
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.823
95	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.657

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel35.710
2Cuba31.672
3Papua New Guinea30.083
4Mauritania28.956
5Iraq23.526

Lowest

95Hong Kong5.657
94Sierra Leone6.823
93Burkina Faso6.945
92Mexico7.262
91Switzerland7.827

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.838. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from World Bank Group’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1970.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 95 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1970). General Government Consumption, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1970

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