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General Government Consumption, 1989

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1989 covers 123 countries. Qatar is highest, at 38.8084; Dominican Republic is lowest, at 2.9319. The middle country reads 15.8010. Against 1988, 119 values changed (51 up, 68 down), 4 countries joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1989

HighestQatar

38.8084

LowestDominican Republic

2.9319

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, 1989, 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 123 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia38.8084
2Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia33.5956
3SeychellesSYCEastern Africa32.5375
4CubaCUBCaribbean31.7365
5IraqIRQWestern Asia29.3519
6MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa28.9855
7VanuatuVUTMelanesia28.4635
8OmanOMNWestern Asia27.0729
9NicaraguaNICCentral America26.6970
10IsraelISRWestern Asia26.2277
11JordanJORWestern Asia25.5123
12KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.3972
13Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia24.4574
14DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.3815
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe24.1408
16MongoliaMNGEastern Asia23.2180
17BotswanaBWASouthern Africa22.6642
18NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa21.9796
19IcelandISLNorthern Europe21.7442
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe21.7345
21BahrainBHRWestern Asia21.5946
22FranceFRAWestern Europe21.4824
23TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia21.4286
24CanadaCANNorthern America21.3687
25BhutanBTNSouthern Asia20.4586

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar38.8084
  2. 2Saudi Arabia33.5956
  3. 3Seychelles32.5375
  4. 4Cuba31.7365
  5. 5Iraq29.3519

Lowest

  1. 123Dominican Republic2.9319
  2. 122Bangladesh4.1539
  3. 121Argentina4.4944
  4. 120Hong Kong6.3292
  5. 119Paraguay6.4752

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.8010. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −1countries joined / left
  • 119values changed, of 119 in both
  • 51 · 68rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Guyana28.1054 → 16.4666−11.6388
  • Zimbabwe27.4871 → 18.6904−8.7967
  • Qatar45.4206 → 38.8084−6.6122
  • Gabon19.7881 → 14.1745−5.6136
  • Nicaragua32.2084 → 26.6970−5.5114
+ Bahamas+ Brunei+ Lebanon+ Ukraine− Laos

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 1989.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 123 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 (1989). General Government Consumption, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1989

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1989?

Qatar, at 38.8084, of the 123 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1989 cover?

123.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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