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General Government Consumption, 1972

1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1972 covers 94 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 39.601; Hong Kong is lowest, at 5.296. The middle country reads 13.471. Against 1971, 94 values changed (52 up, 42 down), the same countries are covered.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1972

HighestMauritania

39.601

LowestHong Kong

5.296

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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa39.601
2CubaCUBCaribbean31.672
3IsraelISRWestern Asia30.379
4Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia30.344
5OmanOMNWestern Asia29.616
6EgyptEGYNorthern Africa25.746
7IraqIRQWestern Asia25.403
8Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa22.782
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe22.435
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe21.455
11CanadaCANNorthern America21.063
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19.538
13ChadTCDMiddle Africa19.511
14GuyanaGUYSouth America19.506
15MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia19.255
16IranIRNSouthern Asia19.226
17SomaliaSOMEastern Africa19.064
18Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa18.950
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe18.414
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe18.288
21SudanSDNNorthern Africa18.031
22MaltaMLTSouthern Europe17.875
23GermanyDEUWestern Europe17.837
24SyriaSYRWestern Asia17.750
25FranceFRAWestern Europe17.705

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Mauritania39.601
  2. 2Cuba31.672
  3. 3Israel30.379
  4. 4Papua New Guinea30.344
  5. 5Oman29.616

Lowest

  1. 94Hong Kong5.296
  2. 93Burkina Faso7.266
  3. 92Guatemala7.457
  4. 91Paraguay8.018
  5. 90Switzerland8.127

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.471. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 94values changed, of 94 in both
  • 52 · 42rose · 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.

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 1972.

  • 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 (1972). General Government Consumption, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1972

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1972?

Mauritania, at 39.601, of the 94 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1972 cover?

94.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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