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General Government Consumption, 1978

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1978 covers 104 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 53.7307; Brunei is lowest, at 2.0162. The middle country reads 15.4112. Against 1977, 104 values changed (67 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1978

HighestMauritania

53.7307

LowestBrunei

2.0162

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, 1978, 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 104 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa53.7307
2IsraelISRWestern Asia36.0781
3CubaCUBCaribbean31.6870
4GambiaGMBWestern Africa31.6685
5JordanJORWestern Asia29.4732
6OmanOMNWestern Asia28.7691
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.3661
8Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia25.5848
9SeychellesSYCEastern Africa25.1345
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.4804
11Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.2668
12GuyanaGUYSouth America23.3494
13IranIRNSouthern Asia23.3221
14Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa22.9450
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe22.6315
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe22.5535
17CanadaCANNorthern America22.1432
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa21.1269
19Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa21.1258
20FranceFRAWestern Europe20.9122
21MoroccoMARNorthern Africa20.7945
22GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.6387
23United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe20.2342
24SyriaSYRWestern Asia19.9759
25NorwayNORNorthern Europe19.7994

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Mauritania53.7307
  2. 2Israel36.0781
  3. 3Cuba31.6870
  4. 4Gambia31.6685
  5. 5Jordan29.4732

Lowest

  1. 104Brunei2.0162
  2. 103Bangladesh4.8756
  3. 102Hong Kong5.6993
  4. 101Dominican Republic5.7272
  5. 100Paraguay6.6658

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.4112. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 104 in both
  • 67 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Gabon18.0962 → 13.6869−4.4093
  • Peru13.7040 → 10.8648−2.8392
  • Niger14.3068 → 11.6044−2.7025
  • Guyana25.7847 → 23.3494−2.4353
  • Botswana23.1558 → 21.1269−2.0289

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 1978.

  • 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

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 (1978). General Government Consumption, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1978

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1978: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1978?

Mauritania, at 53.7307, of the 104 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1978 describe?

1978.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1978 cover?

104.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1978?

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, 1978 the newest?

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

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