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General Government Consumption, 2003

2003, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2003 covers 163 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 102.263; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 16.056. Against 2002, 160 values changed (78 up, 82 down), 2 countries joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2003

HighestTimor-Leste

102.263

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, 2003, 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 163 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 2003: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia102.263
2GreenlandGRLNorthern America47.620
3EritreaERIEastern Africa46.601
4SeychellesSYCEastern Africa43.562
5CubaCUBCaribbean33.733
6Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe28.944
7GuyanaGUYSouth America28.009
8SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe27.851
9New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia27.192
10MontenegroMNESouthern Europe26.765
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe26.047
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe25.698
13DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe25.005
14IsraelISRWestern Asia24.699
15Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.485
16ArubaABWCaribbean24.445
17BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia24.116
18FranceFRAWestern Europe23.394
19JordanJORWestern Asia23.185
20AngolaAGOMiddle Africa23.113
21HungaryHUNEastern Europe23.040
22KuwaitKWTWestern Asia22.998
23PalestinePSEWestern Asia22.833
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe22.832
25Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe22.799

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Timor-Leste102.263
  2. 2Greenland47.620
  3. 3Eritrea46.601
  4. 4Seychelles43.562
  5. 5Cuba33.733

Lowest

  1. 163Venezuela0.000
  2. 162DR Congo4.946
  3. 161Bangladesh5.128
  4. 160Guinea5.610
  5. 159Cambodia5.713

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.056. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 160values changed, of 161 in both
  • 78 · 82rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Greenland+ Solomon Islands

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 2003.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 163 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 (2003). General Government Consumption, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2003

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2003?

Timor-Leste, at 102.263, of the 163 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2003 cover?

163.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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