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General Government Consumption, 1980

1980, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1980 covers 113 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 51.9748; Brunei is lowest, at 3.7897. The middle country reads 15.2000. Against 1979, 102 values changed (57 up, 45 down), 11 countries joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1980

HighestMauritania

51.9748

LowestBrunei

3.7897

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, 1980, 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 113 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1980: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa51.9748
2IsraelISRWestern Asia36.2465
3CubaCUBCaribbean31.5985
4GambiaGMBWestern Africa31.2123
5JordanJORWestern Asia29.2042
6SeychellesSYCEastern Africa28.1610
7Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa27.6408
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe27.2370
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe26.3849
10VanuatuVUTMelanesia25.2767
11OmanOMNWestern Asia25.0085
12GuyanaGUYSouth America24.2042
13BhutanBTNSouthern Asia24.1238
14Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia24.0735
15SyriaSYRWestern Asia23.1519
16SenegalSENWestern Africa23.0351
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe22.9168
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe22.8708
19MadagascarMDGEastern Africa22.8501
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe22.1094
21LesothoLSOSouthern Africa21.7888
22CanadaCANNorthern America21.5110
23FranceFRAWestern Europe21.4126
24BotswanaBWASouthern Africa21.3389
25United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe21.2664

02In 1980

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Mauritania51.9748
  2. 2Israel36.2465
  3. 3Cuba31.5985
  4. 4Gambia31.2123
  5. 5Jordan29.2042

Lowest

  1. 113Brunei3.7897
  2. 112Hong Kong5.6204
  3. 111Bangladesh6.1410
  4. 110Paraguay6.1971
  5. 109Nepal6.7021

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.2000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031979 → 1980

Since 1979

What changed between 1979 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +11 / −1countries joined / left
  • 102values changed, of 102 in both
  • 57 · 45rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Albania+ Bulgaria+ Bahrain+ Belize+ Bhutan+ Comoros+ Fiji+ Georgia+ Namibia+ Qatar+ Vanuatu− Argentina

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 1980.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 113 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 (1980). General Government Consumption, 1980 [data set], describing 1980. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1980

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1980: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1980?

Mauritania, at 51.9748, of the 113 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1980 describe?

1980.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1980 cover?

113.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1980?

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, 1980 the newest?

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

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