Data for 1981

General Government Consumption, 1981

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. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

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	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	45.959
2	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	44.486
3	IsraelISRWestern Asia	37.578
4	CubaCUBCaribbean	31.675
5	JordanJORWestern Asia	31.506
6	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	31.133
7	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	30.697
8	IraqIRQWestern Asia	30.371
9	GuyanaGUYSouth America	29.054
10	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	28.487
11	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	27.545
12	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	27.129
13	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	27.028
14	QatarQATWestern Asia	25.795
15	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	24.873
16	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	24.808
17	OmanOMNWestern Asia	24.596
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	24.103
19	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	22.948
20	FranceFRAWestern Europe	22.140
21	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	22.139
22	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	22.053
23	NicaraguaNICCentral America	21.938
24	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	21.707
25	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	21.583
26	SenegalSENWestern Africa	21.485
27	IranIRNSouthern Asia	21.451
28	CanadaCANNorthern America	21.402
29	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	20.900
30	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	20.761
31	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	20.727
32	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	20.451
33	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	20.440
34	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	20.268
35	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	19.549
36	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	19.447
37	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	19.418
38	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	19.190
39	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	18.647
40	KenyaKENEastern Africa	18.589
41	MaliMLIWestern Africa	18.407
42	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	18.349
43	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	18.262
44	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	18.225
45	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	18.095
46	ItalyITASouthern Europe	17.920
47	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	17.784
48	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	17.614
49	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	17.587
50	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	17.419
51	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	17.339
52	FijiFJIMelanesia	16.392
53	PanamaPANCentral America	16.247
54	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	16.194
55	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	15.953
56	EcuadorECUSouth America	15.873
57	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	15.829
58	United StatesUSANorthern America	15.810
59	Costa RicaCRICentral America	15.737
60	Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	15.700
61	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	15.099
62	TogoTGOWestern Africa	15.000
63	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	14.989
64	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	14.793
65	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	14.738
66	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	14.612
67	SpainESPSouthern Europe	14.509
68	VenezuelaVENSouth America	14.454
69	UruguayURYSouth America	14.443
70	GabonGABMiddle Africa	14.245
71	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	14.217
72	JapanJPNEastern Asia	14.064
73	TongaTONPolynesia	14.024
74	BahamasBHSCaribbean	13.831
75	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	13.744
76	HondurasHNDCentral America	13.443
77	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	13.439
78	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	13.338
79	BoliviaBOLSouth America	13.291
80	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	13.273
81	PeruPERSouth America	13.126
82	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	13.095
83	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	12.979
84	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	12.758
85	ChileCHLSouth America	12.736
86	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	12.721
87	BelizeBLZCentral America	12.409
88	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	12.197
89	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	11.734
90	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	11.045
91	NigerNERWestern Africa	10.934
92	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	10.713
93	ColombiaCOLSouth America	10.434
94	MexicoMEXCentral America	10.201
95	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	10.164
96	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	9.841
97	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	9.665
98	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	9.626
99	BrazilBRASouth America	9.519
100	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	9.389
101	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	9.254
102	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	9.165
103	BeninBENWestern Africa	9.158
104	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	9.070
105	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	8.857
106	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	8.844
107	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	8.790
108	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	8.292
109	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	7.900
110	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	7.423
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	7.038
112	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	6.973
113	ParaguayPRYSouth America	6.861
114	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	6.823
115	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	4.391
116	BruneiBRNSouth-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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

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 here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 116 countries has every column.

05The files

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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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