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General Government Consumption, 1985

1985, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1985 covers 117 countries. New Caledonia is highest, at 37.809; Bangladesh is lowest, at 4.031. The middle country reads 15.902. Against 1984, 117 values changed (74 up, 43 down), 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1985

HighestNew Caledonia

37.809

LowestBangladesh

4.031

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, 1985, 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 117 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1985: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia37.809
2NicaraguaNICCentral America35.731
3QatarQATWestern Asia35.191
4SeychellesSYCEastern Africa34.244
5MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa33.341
6VanuatuVUTMelanesia32.265
7Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia31.901
8IsraelISRWestern Asia31.803
9CubaCUBCaribbean31.115
10IraqIRQWestern Asia29.522
11OmanOMNWestern Asia27.145
12JordanJORWestern Asia26.982
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe25.558
14BhutanBTNSouthern Asia25.034
15DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.356
16SyriaSYRWestern Asia23.881
17Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia23.481
18MongoliaMNGEastern Asia23.216
19FranceFRAWestern Europe23.001
20BotswanaBWASouthern Africa22.983
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe22.834
22KuwaitKWTWestern Asia22.402
23NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe22.228
24CanadaCANNorthern America22.054
25NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa21.953

02In 1985

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1New Caledonia37.809
  2. 2Nicaragua35.731
  3. 3Qatar35.191
  4. 4Seychelles34.244
  5. 5Mauritania33.341

Lowest

  1. 117Bangladesh4.031
  2. 116Paraguay6.678
  3. 115Guatemala6.954
  4. 114Hong Kong7.005
  5. 113Dominican Republic7.083

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.902. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031984 → 1985

Since 1984

What changed between 1984 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 117values changed, of 117 in both
  • 74 · 43rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Gambia40.835 → 15.934−24.902
  • Iraq34.287 → 29.522−4.765
  • Bolivia13.310 → 10.561−2.748
  • Togo15.743 → 13.577−2.166
  • Botswana25.012 → 22.983−2.029
− Somalia

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 1985.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 117 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 (1985). General Government Consumption, 1985 [data set], describing 1985. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1985

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1985: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1985?

New Caledonia, at 37.809, of the 117 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1985 describe?

1985.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1985 cover?

117.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1985?

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, 1985 the newest?

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

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