Data for 1988

General Government Consumption, 1988

Name: General Government Consumption, 1988
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1988 covers 120 countries. Qatar is highest, at 45.421; Dominican Republic is lowest, at 3.542. The middle country reads 15.650. Against 1987, 119 values changed (39 up, 80 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1988

HighestQatar

45.421

LowestDominican Republic

3.542

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

120countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
120distinct 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	45.421
2	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.215
3	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	32.208
4	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	32.088
5	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	31.777
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	31.504
7	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	30.933
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	29.648
9	Guyana`GUY`South America	28.105
10	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	27.838
11	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	27.700
12	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	27.487
13	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.272
14	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	25.741
15	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.719
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	24.704
17	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	23.890
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	23.872
19	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.389
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	22.479
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	22.466
22	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	22.222
23	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.036
24	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	21.994
25	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	21.429
26	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	21.143
27	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.121
28	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.047
29	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.911
30	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20.591
31	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.114
32	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.020
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	20.010
34	Panama`PAN`Central America	19.950
35	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	19.788
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.612
37	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.158
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	18.820
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	18.757
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.435
41	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	18.406
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17.956
43	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	17.821
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	17.593
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	17.550
46	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.335
47	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.163
48	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.103
49	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	16.853
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	16.847
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	16.659
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	16.612
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.591
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.583
55	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.322
56	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	16.291
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	16.275
58	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	16.132
59	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	16.015
60	United States`USA`Northern America	15.668
61	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	15.631
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.620
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	15.510
64	Niger`NER`Western Africa	15.504
65	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	15.301
66	Honduras`HND`Central America	15.046
67	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	15.034
68	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	14.438
69	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	14.234
70	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	13.961
71	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	13.940
72	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	13.777
73	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	13.701
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	13.631
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	13.493
76	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	13.190
77	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	13.184
78	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	13.182
79	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	13.153
80	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	12.732
81	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.707
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.648
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.536
84	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.177
85	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.877
86	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.604
87	Bolivia`BOL`South America	11.387
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	11.349
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.045
90	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	10.860
91	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	10.728
92	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	10.706
93	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.377
94	Chile`CHL`South America	10.312
95	Venezuela`VEN`South America	10.188
96	Colombia`COL`South America	10.079
97	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.047
98	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.857
99	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	9.843
100	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	9.805
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	9.708
102	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.638
103	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	9.592
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.976
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	8.965
106	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.721
107	Peru`PER`South America	8.508
108	Mexico`MEX`Central America	8.485
109	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.173
110	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	8.105
111	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	7.982
112	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	7.668
113	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7.613
114	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.958
115	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.705
116	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.279
117	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	6.115
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	4.322
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.165
120	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	3.542

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar45.421
2Iraq32.215
3Nicaragua32.208
4Vanuatu32.088
5Cuba31.777

Lowest

120Dominican Republic3.542
119Bangladesh4.165
118Argentina4.322
117Hong Kong6.115
116Paraguay6.279

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.650. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
119values changed, of 119 in both
39 · 80rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Niger11.220 → 15.504+4.283
Kuwait22.038 → 26.272+4.235
Zimbabwe23.366 → 27.487+4.121
Laos8.298 → 10.860+2.562
Turkmenistan20.000 → 22.222+2.222

Fell most

Sudan12.762 → 6.958−5.804
Syria17.966 → 13.184−4.782
Gabon24.556 → 19.788−4.768
Saudi Arabia35.223 → 30.933−4.289
Gambia21.707 → 17.821−3.886

+ Russia

− Bahamas

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 1988.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1988). General Government Consumption, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1988

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