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General Government Consumption, 1971

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1971 covers 94 countries. Israel is highest, at 33.5192; Hong Kong is lowest, at 5.2547. The middle country reads 13.6050. Against 1970, 94 values changed (69 up, 25 down), 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1971

HighestIsrael

33.5192

LowestHong Kong

5.2547

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of General Government Consumption, 1971, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 94 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia33.5192
2CubaCUBCaribbean31.6713
3Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia30.7923
4MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa29.8906
5EgyptEGYNorthern Africa24.3327
6IraqIRQWestern Asia23.5583
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe22.3668
8Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa21.6560
9SwedenSWENorthern Europe21.2313
10CanadaCANNorthern America21.1150
11OmanOMNWestern Asia20.7834
12ChadTCDMiddle Africa19.2571
13SudanSDNNorthern Africa19.2018
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe18.9500
15Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa18.9289
16GabonGABMiddle Africa18.7441
17IranIRNSouthern Asia18.6831
18AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa18.5678
19MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.4123
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18.0572
21GuyanaGUYSouth America18.0287
22KenyaKENEastern Africa17.9803
23United StatesUSANorthern America17.9388
24SyriaSYRWestern Asia17.8710
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe17.7721

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel33.5192
  2. 2Cuba31.6713
  3. 3Papua New Guinea30.7923
  4. 4Mauritania29.8906
  5. 5Egypt24.3327

Lowest

  1. 94Hong Kong5.2547
  2. 93Guatemala7.0183
  3. 92Burkina Faso7.1360
  4. 91Mexico7.6187
  5. 90Switzerland8.1476

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.6050. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 94values changed, of 94 in both
  • 69 · 25rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Bangladesh

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.

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 1971.

  • The position is ours

    World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

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 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1971). General Government Consumption, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1971

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1971: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1971?

Israel, at 33.5192, of the 94 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1971 describe?

1971.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1971 cover?

94.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1971?

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

Is General Government Consumption, 1971 the newest?

No. The newest held here is General Government Consumption, 2025.

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