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General Government Consumption, 1983

1983, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1983 covers 119 countries. Micronesia is highest, at 73.8316; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.3091. The middle country reads 15.8294. Against 1982, 118 values changed (56 up, 62 down), 1 country joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1983

HighestMicronesia

73.8316

LowestBangladesh

4.3091

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, 1983, 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 119 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1983: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1MicronesiaFSMMicronesia73.8316
2IraqIRQWestern Asia43.3825
3GambiaGMBWestern Africa39.3643
4MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa37.8644
5New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia34.8630
6QatarQATWestern Asia34.7511
7SeychellesSYCEastern Africa32.6511
8CubaCUBCaribbean31.7371
9NicaraguaNICCentral America31.4440
10VanuatuVUTMelanesia31.3759
11IsraelISRWestern Asia31.0104
12Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia29.7642
13GuyanaGUYSouth America27.1117
14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe26.7830
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.7706
16OmanOMNWestern Asia26.5630
17JordanJORWestern Asia26.4973
18BotswanaBWASouthern Africa25.8467
19Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa25.4530
20BelgiumBELWestern Europe23.4187
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe23.2955
22Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia23.2952
23FranceFRAWestern Europe22.7809
24CanadaCANNorthern America22.6673
25NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa22.2033

02In 1983

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Micronesia73.8316
  2. 2Iraq43.3825
  3. 3Gambia39.3643
  4. 4Mauritania37.8644
  5. 5New Caledonia34.8630

Lowest

  1. 119Bangladesh4.3091
  2. 118Brunei4.5847
  3. 117Macau5.6639
  4. 116Ghana5.8613
  5. 115Chad6.0503

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.8294. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031982 → 1983

Since 1982

What changed between 1982 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 118values changed, of 118 in both
  • 56 · 62rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Vanuatu21.1238 → 31.3759+10.2521
  • Qatar26.1180 → 34.7511+8.6331
  • Iraq35.1420 → 43.3825+8.2405
  • Nicaragua23.4432 → 31.4440+8.0008
  • Gambia31.9014 → 39.3643+7.4630

Fell most

+ Micronesia

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 1983.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 119 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 (1983). General Government Consumption, 1983 [data set], describing 1983. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1983

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1983: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1983?

Micronesia, at 73.8316, of the 119 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1983 describe?

1983.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1983 cover?

119.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1983?

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, 1983 the newest?

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

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