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General Government Consumption, 1984

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1984 covers 118 countries. Gambia is highest, at 40.835; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.345. The middle country reads 15.514. Against 1983, 117 values changed (44 up, 73 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1984

HighestGambia

40.835

LowestBangladesh

4.345

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, 1984, 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 118 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1GambiaGMBWestern Africa40.835
2New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia36.367
3QatarQATWestern Asia36.072
4NicaraguaNICCentral America35.339
5MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa35.255
6IraqIRQWestern Asia34.287
7IsraelISRWestern Asia33.774
8CubaCUBCaribbean31.737
9SeychellesSYCEastern Africa30.352
10Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia30.138
11VanuatuVUTMelanesia28.576
12JordanJORWestern Asia27.994
13OmanOMNWestern Asia26.519
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe25.866
15BotswanaBWASouthern Africa25.012
16DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.905
17BhutanBTNSouthern Asia24.847
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe23.348
19Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia23.251
20FranceFRAWestern Europe22.941
21SyriaSYRWestern Asia22.669
22MongoliaMNGEastern Asia22.335
23NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa22.311
24CanadaCANNorthern America22.035
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe21.929

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Gambia40.835
  2. 2New Caledonia36.367
  3. 3Qatar36.072
  4. 4Nicaragua35.339
  5. 5Mauritania35.255

Lowest

  1. 118Bangladesh4.345
  2. 117Macau6.173
  3. 116Laos6.504
  4. 115Paraguay6.677
  5. 114Philippines6.750

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.514. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −2countries joined / left
  • 117values changed, of 117 in both
  • 44 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Laos− Brunei− 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 1984.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 118 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 (1984). General Government Consumption, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1984

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1984: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1984?

Gambia, at 40.835, of the 118 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1984 describe?

1984.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1984 cover?

118.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1984?

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, 1984 the newest?

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

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