Data for 1976

General Government Consumption, 1976

Name: General Government Consumption, 1976
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1976, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1976 covers 102 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 53.838; Dominican Republic is lowest, at 3.844. The middle country reads 14.840. Against 1975, 99 values changed (47 up, 52 down), 3 countries joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1976

HighestMauritania

53.838

LowestDominican Republic

3.844

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

102countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
102distinct 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	53.838
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	37.884
3	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	33.516
4	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.667
5	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	30.260
6	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.175
7	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.242
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.905
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.134
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.485
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	23.438
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	22.292
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.172
14	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	22.134
15	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	22.069
16	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	21.671
17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	21.520
18	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.433
19	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	21.391
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.305
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20.554
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.254
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.191
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.070
25	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.061
26	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	19.168
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.934
28	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.984
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	17.967
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.892
31	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.851
32	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	17.693
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.547
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.466
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.460
36	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.051
37	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.852
38	United States`USA`Northern America	16.788
39	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.661
40	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.369
41	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.322
42	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.288
43	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	16.285
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.265
45	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	16.185
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.992
47	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	15.697
48	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.431
49	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	15.314
50	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.163
51	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.882
52	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.798
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	14.779
54	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.397
55	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.182
56	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.105
57	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	13.857
58	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.743
59	Chile`CHL`South America	13.735
60	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	13.543
61	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.341
62	Niger`NER`Western Africa	12.979
63	Honduras`HND`Central America	12.867
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.817
65	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.780
66	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.243
67	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.141
68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.021
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	11.952
70	Peru`PER`South America	11.863
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.747
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	11.419
73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	11.259
74	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.212
75	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.008
76	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.002
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.969
78	Bolivia`BOL`South America	10.846
79	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.758
80	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.647
81	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	10.569
82	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.487
83	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.380
84	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.283
85	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.132
86	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	10.002
87	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.829
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.780
89	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.420
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.338
91	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.957
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.912
93	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	8.707
94	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.593
95	Colombia`COL`South America	8.207
96	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.439
97	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.811
98	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.266
99	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.445
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.319
101	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.068
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.844

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mauritania53.838
2Israel37.884
3Jordan33.516
4Cuba31.667
5Papua New Guinea30.260

Lowest

102Dominican Republic3.844
101Bangladesh4.068
100Brunei4.319
99Hong Kong5.445
98Paraguay6.266

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.840. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
99values changed, of 99 in both
47 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Mauritania40.360 → 53.838+13.478
Guyana19.613 → 28.175+8.563
Tonga12.993 → 19.168+6.175
Morocco16.091 → 21.671+5.580
Botswana18.980 → 21.391+2.411

Fell most

Oman31.621 → 27.242−4.379
Brunei8.092 → 4.319−3.772
Central African Republic17.128 → 13.543−3.585
Somalia19.075 → 15.697−3.378
Israel41.233 → 37.884−3.349

+ Jordan

+ Mauritius

+ Seychelles

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 1976.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1976). General Government Consumption, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1976

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