Data for 1981

General Government Consumption, 1981

Name: General Government Consumption, 1981
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1981, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1981 covers 116 countries. Gambia is highest, at 45.959; Brunei is lowest, at 2.041. The middle country reads 15.774. Against 1980, 113 values changed (72 up, 41 down), 3 countries joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1981

HighestGambia

45.959

LowestBrunei

2.041

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

116countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
116distinct 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	45.959
2	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	44.486
3	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	37.578
4	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.675
5	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.506
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31.133
7	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	30.697
8	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.371
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	29.054
10	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	28.487
11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	27.545
12	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.129
13	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	27.028
14	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.795
15	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	24.873
16	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.808
17	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.596
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.103
19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.948
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.140
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	22.139
22	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	22.053
23	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	21.938
24	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.707
25	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	21.583
26	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.485
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	21.451
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.402
29	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	20.900
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	20.761
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	20.727
32	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	20.451
33	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	20.440
34	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	20.268
35	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	19.549
36	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	19.447
37	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	19.418
38	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.190
39	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.647
40	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.589
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.407
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.349
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.262
44	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.225
45	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	18.095
46	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.920
47	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	17.784
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.614
49	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	17.587
50	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	17.419
51	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.339
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.392
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	16.247
54	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	16.194
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	15.953
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	15.873
57	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	15.829
58	United States`USA`Northern America	15.810
59	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.737
60	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	15.700
61	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.099
62	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	15.000
63	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	14.989
64	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	14.793
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	14.738
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	14.612
67	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.509
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.454
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	14.443
70	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	14.245
71	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14.217
72	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	14.064
73	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	14.024
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	13.831
75	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.744
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.443
77	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.439
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.338
79	Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.291
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	13.273
81	Peru`PER`South America	13.126
82	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.095
83	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	12.979
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.758
85	Chile`CHL`South America	12.736
86	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	12.721
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	12.409
88	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	12.197
89	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.734
90	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.045
91	Niger`NER`Western Africa	10.934
92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.713
93	Colombia`COL`South America	10.434
94	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.201
95	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.164
96	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	9.841
97	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	9.665
98	India`IND`Southern Asia	9.626
99	Brazil`BRA`South America	9.519
100	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.389
101	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.254
102	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.165
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.158
104	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	9.070
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.857
106	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.844
107	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.790
108	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.292
109	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.900
110	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	7.423
111	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.038
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.973
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.861
114	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.823
115	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.391
116	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	2.041

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Gambia45.959
2Mauritania44.486
3Israel37.578
4Cuba31.675
5Jordan31.506

Lowest

116Brunei2.041
115Bangladesh4.391
114Hong Kong6.823
113Paraguay6.861
112Sierra Leone6.973

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.774. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 113 in both
72 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq15.543 → 30.371+14.829
Gambia31.212 → 45.959+14.747
Rwanda12.757 → 20.451+7.694
Namibia14.190 → 20.727+6.536
Somalia15.645 → 22.053+6.408

Fell most

Mauritania51.975 → 44.486−7.489
Vanuatu25.277 → 20.440−4.836
Republic of the Congo17.592 → 13.439−4.152
Bhutan24.124 → 20.268−3.856
Madagascar22.850 → 19.418−3.432

+ Mongolia

+ New Caledonia

+ Philippines

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 1981.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 116 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1981). General Government Consumption, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1981

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