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General Government Consumption, 1974

1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1974 covers 96 countries. Israel is highest, at 38.035; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.643. The middle country reads 13.189. Against 1973, 95 values changed (58 up, 37 down), 1 country joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1974

HighestIsrael

38.035

LowestBangladesh

4.643

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, 1974, 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 96 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia38.035
2MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa35.637
3OmanOMNWestern Asia34.688
4CubaCUBCaribbean31.678
5Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia29.258
6Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa25.236
7EgyptEGYNorthern Africa25.154
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe23.671
9IraqIRQWestern Asia23.017
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe21.915
11IranIRNSouthern Asia21.078
12CanadaCANNorthern America20.756
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe20.118
14SomaliaSOMEastern Africa20.089
15GermanyDEUWestern Europe19.965
16Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa19.931
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19.708
18ChadTCDMiddle Africa19.394
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe19.108
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe18.931
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe18.880
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe18.422
23FranceFRAWestern Europe18.381
24Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa17.814
25SyriaSYRWestern Asia17.766

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel38.035
  2. 2Mauritania35.637
  3. 3Oman34.688
  4. 4Cuba31.678
  5. 5Papua New Guinea29.258

Lowest

  1. 96Bangladesh4.643
  2. 95Paraguay5.492
  3. 94Hong Kong5.826
  4. 93Guatemala6.535
  5. 92Kuwait7.320

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.189. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 95values changed, of 95 in both
  • 58 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Brunei

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 1974.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 96 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 (1974). General Government Consumption, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1974

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1974: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1974?

Israel, at 38.035, of the 96 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1974 describe?

1974.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1974 cover?

96.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1974?

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, 1974 the newest?

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

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