Data for 2009

General Government Consumption, 2009

Name: General Government Consumption, 2009
Creator: World Bank Group
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2009, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2009 covers 172 countries. Timor-Leste is highest, at 115.924; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 16.291. Against 2008, 170 values changed (143 up, 27 down), 1 country joined.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2009

HighestTimor-Leste

115.924

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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

172countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
172distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	115.924
2	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	62.228
3	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	61.608
4	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	48.599
5	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	43.482
6	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	38.961
7	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	37.738
8	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.938
9	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.477
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.167
11	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	30.586
12	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	30.013
13	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	29.598
14	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	28.973
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	27.862
16	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	26.422
17	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	26.141
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	26.079
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	25.962
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	25.957
21	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	24.833
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	24.300
23	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	24.128
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	24.066
25	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	23.764
26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	23.712
27	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.555
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.462
29	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.233
30	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	22.975
31	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	22.414
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	22.327
33	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	22.187
34	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.063
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	22.027
36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	21.965
37	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	21.709
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	21.417
39	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.257
40	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	21.249
41	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	21.205
42	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	21.063
43	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	20.911
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	20.843
45	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	20.821
46	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	20.787
47	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	20.747
48	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	20.681
49	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	20.556
50	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	20.538
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	20.524
52	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	20.406
53	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	20.112
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	20.041
55	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	20.000
56	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.766
57	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	19.732
58	Brazil`BRA`South America	19.651
59	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	19.627
60	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	19.544
61	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	19.440
62	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	19.296
63	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	19.119
64	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.076
65	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	19.044
66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	18.708
67	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.700
68	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.523
69	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	18.479
70	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	18.432
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	18.371
72	Niger`NER`Western Africa	18.347
73	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.230
74	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.794
75	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	17.611
76	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	16.979
77	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	16.958
78	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	16.915
79	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	16.889
80	United States`USA`Northern America	16.808
81	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.751
82	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	16.739
83	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	16.631
84	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	16.529
85	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	16.435
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.372
87	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.210
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	16.155
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.124
90	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	16.102
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	16.101
92	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	16.100
93	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	16.081
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	15.980
95	Argentina`ARG`South America	15.904
96	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.763
97	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	15.748
98	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.633
99	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.471
100	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.220
101	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.993
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.738
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	14.709
104	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.498
105	Ecuador`ECU`South America	14.398
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.114
107	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	13.978
108	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	13.955
109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.916
110	Colombia`COL`South America	13.804
111	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	13.718
112	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	13.568
113	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.555
114	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.412
115	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	13.379
116	Suriname`SUR`South America	13.179
117	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	13.048
118	Uruguay`URY`South America	12.944
119	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	12.909
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	12.907
121	Chile`CHL`South America	12.869
122	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	12.673
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	12.509
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.462
125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	12.333
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.320
127	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	12.284
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	12.279
129	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.973
130	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	11.663
131	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	11.651
132	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.641
133	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	11.529
134	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	11.518
135	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.516
136	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	11.477
137	Peru`PER`South America	11.466
138	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.460
139	Mexico`MEX`Central America	11.383
140	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	11.376
141	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	11.351
142	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	11.305
143	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	11.289
144	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	11.261
145	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	11.258
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.182
147	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	11.134
148	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.123
149	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.779
150	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.714
151	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	10.604
152	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	10.346
153	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	10.234
154	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	9.965
155	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.930
156	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.827
157	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	9.637
158	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.599
159	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.589
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	9.443
161	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	9.192
162	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.137
163	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	7.574
164	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	7.441
165	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	7.184
166	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.007
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	6.985
168	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	6.585
169	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	6.297
170	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	5.778
171	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.094
172	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Timor-Leste115.924
2Marshall Islands62.228
3Kiribati61.608
4Greenland48.599
5Lesotho43.482

Lowest

172Venezuela0.000
171Bangladesh5.094
170Vietnam5.778
169Cambodia6.297
168Uganda6.585

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.291. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
170values changed, of 171 in both
143 · 27rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe21.455 → 30.013+8.558
Zimbabwe2.048 → 9.443+7.395
Libya12.085 → 18.230+6.146
Brunei16.964 → 22.975+6.011
Laos7.773 → 13.379+5.607

Fell most

Eritrea26.361 → 20.112−6.249
Uganda11.211 → 6.585−4.626
Marshall Islands64.827 → 62.228−2.598
Kenya15.674 → 13.555−2.119
Madagascar14.077 → 12.509−1.568

+ Samoa

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 2009.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2009). General Government Consumption, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2009

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