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General Government Consumption, 1997

1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 1997 covers 152 countries. Eritrea is highest, at 29.923; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 15.547. Against 1996, 151 values changed (65 up, 86 down), the same countries are covered.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 1997

HighestEritrea

29.923

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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, 1997, 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 152 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1EritreaERIEastern Africa29.923
2QatarQATWestern Asia29.754
3SeychellesSYCEastern Africa29.164
4MoldovaMDAEastern Europe28.806
5BotswanaBWASouthern Africa28.182
6UkraineUKREastern Europe27.399
7CubaCUBCaribbean26.835
8KuwaitKWTWestern Asia26.627
9Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia26.032
10SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe25.636
11JordanJORWestern Asia25.548
12IsraelISRWestern Asia25.461
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe25.279
14NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa24.669
15LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe24.042
16Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa23.733
17FranceFRAWestern Europe23.699
18DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe23.683
19SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe23.639
20ArubaABWCaribbean23.596
21LibyaLBYNorthern Africa23.556
22CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe23.064
23BhutanBTNSouthern Asia22.782
24IcelandISLNorthern Europe22.300
25PalestinePSEWestern Asia22.147

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Eritrea29.923
  2. 2Qatar29.754
  3. 3Seychelles29.164
  4. 4Moldova28.806
  5. 5Botswana28.182

Lowest

  1. 152Venezuela0.000
  2. 151Bangladesh4.903
  3. 150Guatemala4.997
  4. 149Guinea5.066
  5. 148Sudan5.417

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.547. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 151values changed, of 152 in both
  • 65 · 86rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1997.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 152 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 (1997). General Government Consumption, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/1997

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 1997?

Eritrea, at 29.923, of the 152 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 1997 cover?

152.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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