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General Government Consumption, 1979

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1979 covers 103 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 51.8769; Brunei is lowest, at 1.7879. The middle country reads 15.0671. Against 1978, 103 values changed (44 up, 59 down), 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1979

HighestMauritania

51.8769

LowestBrunei

1.7879

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, 1979, 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 103 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa51.8769
2SomaliaSOMEastern Africa39.8442
3JordanJORWestern Asia34.3104
4IsraelISRWestern Asia33.5868
5CubaCUBCaribbean31.6953
6GambiaGMBWestern Africa29.0963
7OmanOMNWestern Asia27.5068
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.7094
9GuyanaGUYSouth America26.2424
10SeychellesSYCEastern Africa26.2315
11DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.9013
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe23.0910
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe22.9659
14Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia22.7490
15Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa22.2432
16Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia21.6536
17SyriaSYRWestern Asia21.6144
18CanadaCANNorthern America21.4170
19MoroccoMARNorthern Africa21.3255
20FranceFRAWestern Europe20.8114
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe20.5496
22Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa20.3922
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe20.1141
24SenegalSENWestern Africa19.9852
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe19.8290

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Mauritania51.8769
  2. 2Somalia39.8442
  3. 3Jordan34.3104
  4. 4Israel33.5868
  5. 5Cuba31.6953

Lowest

  1. 103Brunei1.7879
  2. 102Hong Kong5.5071
  3. 101Paraguay5.7397
  4. 100Bangladesh6.2838
  5. 99Guatemala7.0698

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.0671. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 103values changed, of 103 in both
  • 44 · 59rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Chad

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 1979.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 103 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 (1979). General Government Consumption, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1979

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1979: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1979?

Mauritania, at 51.8769, of the 103 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1979 describe?

1979.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1979 cover?

103.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1979?

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, 1979 the newest?

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

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