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General Government Consumption, 2006

2006, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2006 covers 168 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 82.41601; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.00000. The middle country reads 15.13381. Against 2005, 165 values changed (67 up, 98 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2006

HighestTimor-Leste

82.41601

LowestVenezuela

0.00000

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, 2006, 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 168 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 2006: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia82.41601
2KiribatiKIRMicronesia65.86961
3Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia61.24120
4GreenlandGRLNorthern America45.35772
5SeychellesSYCEastern Africa38.69853
6PalauPLWMicronesia33.40610
7Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia33.38721
8CubaCUBCaribbean32.23404
9French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia31.74586
10BotswanaBWASouthern Africa27.72003
11Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe27.67300
12PalestinePSEWestern Asia26.16158
13EritreaERIEastern Africa25.91988
14New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia24.92519
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe24.84082
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe24.59372
17DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.21172
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe23.20494
19BhutanBTNSouthern Asia23.15828
20FranceFRAWestern Europe22.92431
21IsraelISRWestern Asia22.52600
22ArubaABWCaribbean22.32300
23Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia22.03925
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe22.01229
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe21.93879

02In 2006

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Timor-Leste82.41601
  2. 2Kiribati65.86961
  3. 3Marshall Islands61.24120
  4. 4Greenland45.35772
  5. 5Seychelles38.69853

Lowest

  1. 168Venezuela0.00000
  2. 167Cambodia5.09414
  3. 166Bangladesh5.44008
  4. 165Vietnam5.53277
  5. 164Zimbabwe5.88424

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.13381. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

What changed between 2005 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −1countries joined / left
  • 165values changed, of 166 in both
  • 67 · 98rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Montenegro29.94059 → 19.47556−10.46504
  • Zimbabwe15.21296 → 5.88424−9.32871
  • Eritrea35.23405 → 25.91988−9.31417
  • Ghana15.30817 → 8.68201−6.62616
  • Iraq19.96827 → 15.67609−4.29218
+ Kiribati+ Suriname− Guyana

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 2006.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 168 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 (2006). General Government Consumption, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2006

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 2006: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2006?

Timor-Leste, at 82.41601, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 2006 describe?

2006.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2006 cover?

168.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2006?

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, 2006 the newest?

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

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