Data for 1977

General Government Consumption, 1977

Name: General Government Consumption, 1977
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1977 covers 104 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 55.100; Brunei is lowest, at 3.530. The middle country reads 15.297. Against 1976, 102 values changed (50 up, 52 down), 2 countries joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1977

HighestMauritania

55.100

LowestBrunei

3.530

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

104countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
104distinct 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	55.100
2	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	34.611
3	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.677
4	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	29.244
5	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	28.359
6	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	27.115
7	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.007
8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	25.954
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	25.785
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	23.836
11	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.743
12	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.156
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.679
14	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.236
15	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.836
16	Ecuador`ECU`South America	20.913
17	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.755
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.745
19	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	20.668
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	20.518
21	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20.517
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.345
23	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	19.594
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	19.362
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	19.189
26	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.978
27	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	18.535
28	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.375
29	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.340
30	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	18.324
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	18.098
32	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.096
33	Panama`PAN`Central America	17.702
34	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	17.693
35	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.465
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	17.444
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.432
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	17.292
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	17.205
40	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	16.943
41	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	16.897
42	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.880
43	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	16.660
44	United States`USA`Northern America	16.388
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16.352
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.182
47	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.041
48	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.982
49	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.730
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	15.651
51	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	15.330
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.301
53	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15.294
54	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.708
55	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14.472
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	14.469
57	Niger`NER`Western Africa	14.307
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.294
59	Chile`CHL`South America	14.260
60	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	14.100
61	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.065
62	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	13.992
63	Peru`PER`South America	13.704
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.624
65	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.087
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.736
67	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.687
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	12.622
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	12.559
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	12.467
71	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	12.356
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	12.231
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.215
74	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.961
75	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.728
76	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.669
77	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	11.229
78	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.161
79	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	11.151
80	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.026
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.927
82	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.761
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.638
84	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.588
85	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.584
86	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	10.543
87	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	10.032
88	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.820
89	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.676
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.426
91	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.210
92	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.015
93	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	8.977
94	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.906
95	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	8.564
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	8.308
97	Colombia`COL`South America	7.711
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.292
99	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	6.468
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.203
101	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	5.580
102	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.089
103	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	4.128
104	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.530

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Mauritania55.100
2Israel34.611
3Cuba31.677
4Gambia29.244
5Oman28.359

Lowest

104Brunei3.530
103Dominican Republic4.128
102Bangladesh5.089
101Hong Kong5.580
100Paraguay6.203

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.297. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 102 in both
50 · 52rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon10.569 → 18.096+7.527
Kuwait11.259 → 14.472+3.213
Zimbabwe13.857 → 16.352+2.495
Sweden23.485 → 25.954+2.468
Burundi8.707 → 11.151+2.444

Fell most

Jordan33.516 → 27.115−6.401
Guinea-Bissau24.905 → 18.535−6.370
Papua New Guinea30.260 → 26.007−4.253
Tonga19.168 → 15.294−3.874
Iraq22.069 → 18.340−3.729

+ Bahamas

+ Gambia

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 1977.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 104 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1977). General Government Consumption, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1977

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