Data for 2008

General Government Consumption, 2008

Name: General Government Consumption, 2008
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2008 covers 171 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 111.597; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 14.943. Against 2007, 168 values changed (105 up, 63 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2008

HighestTimor-Leste

111.597

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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

171countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
171distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	111.597
2	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	64.827
3	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	62.913
4	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	47.988
5	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	39.881
6	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	38.341
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	34.447
8	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	32.627
9	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31.386
10	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.496
11	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.426
12	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	28.117
13	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	26.361
14	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	25.071
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	25.032
16	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	25.001
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	24.787
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	24.733
19	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	24.576
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	23.455
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	22.920
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	22.702
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	22.666
24	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	22.081
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.998
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	21.825
27	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.564
28	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	21.515
29	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.455
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	21.387
31	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	21.248
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	21.023
33	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	20.710
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	20.541
35	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	20.413
36	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	20.200
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	20.159
38	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.859
39	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.742
40	Canada`CAN`Northern America	19.719
41	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	19.682
42	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.672
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	19.550
44	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.435
45	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	19.400
46	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	19.368
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	19.091
48	Brazil`BRA`South America	18.839
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	18.722
50	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	18.667
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	18.652
52	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.626
53	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	18.583
54	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	18.442
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	18.353
56	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	18.338
57	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	18.269
58	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	18.201
59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	18.139
60	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	18.076
61	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.054
62	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	17.831
63	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	17.704
64	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	17.681
65	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	17.521
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	17.363
67	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	17.150
68	Niger`NER`Western Africa	17.143
69	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.115
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.072
71	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	16.974
72	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	16.964
73	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	16.646
74	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.525
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	16.183
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.133
77	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	16.014
78	United States`USA`Northern America	15.934
79	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.928
80	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	15.880
81	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.875
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.674
83	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	15.626
84	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	15.505
85	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.233
86	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.943
87	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.757
88	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.729
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.711
90	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.670
91	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.642
92	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	14.641
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	14.489
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	14.342
95	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	14.240
96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	14.077
97	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	13.984
98	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.838
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	13.766
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	13.634
101	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	13.577
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.520
103	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.399
104	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	13.397
105	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.368
106	Bolivia`BOL`South America	13.277
107	Colombia`COL`South America	13.144
108	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.788
109	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.430
110	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.428
111	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	12.356
112	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	12.295
113	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.213
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.141
115	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12.085
116	Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.006
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.827
118	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.783
119	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	11.505
120	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.493
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	11.318
122	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	11.293
123	Chile`CHL`South America	11.265
124	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.233
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.228
126	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	11.211
127	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	11.185
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.041
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	10.934
130	Suriname`SUR`South America	10.899
131	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	10.888
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	10.878
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	10.861
134	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	10.705
135	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.582
136	India`IND`Southern Asia	10.538
137	Peru`PER`South America	10.371
138	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.259
139	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	10.234
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	10.188
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	10.176
142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	10.135
143	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	10.125
144	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	10.113
145	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.063
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	10.053
147	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	9.889
148	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.775
149	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	9.396
150	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.334
151	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	9.161
152	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.814
153	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	8.732
154	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	8.720
155	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	8.669
156	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	8.495
157	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.424
158	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	8.144
159	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	7.773
160	Paraguay`PRY`South America	7.430
161	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	7.297
162	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.052
163	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.031
164	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.654
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.374
166	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.969
167	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.763
168	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.625
169	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.178
170	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2.048
171	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Timor-Leste111.597
2Marshall Islands64.827
3Kiribati62.913
4Greenland47.988
5Cuba39.881

Lowest

171Venezuela0.000
170Zimbabwe2.048
169Bangladesh5.178
168Vietnam5.625
167Cambodia5.763

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 14.943. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
168values changed, of 169 in both
105 · 63rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste105.192 → 111.597+6.405
Cuba35.410 → 39.881+4.471
United States Virgin Islands20.903 → 24.576+3.673
Faroe Islands28.247 → 31.386+3.138
Georgia16.497 → 19.400+2.903

Fell most

Seychelles35.241 → 28.117−7.123
Brunei22.587 → 16.964−5.623
Madagascar19.029 → 14.077−4.952
Republic of the Congo16.801 → 12.141−4.660
Oman16.390 → 12.356−4.034

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Kosovo

− Jordan

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

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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 2008.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2008). General Government Consumption, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2008

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