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General Government Consumption, 2016

2016, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2016 covers 178 countries. Kiribati is highest, at 59.3526; Cambodia is lowest, at 5.3209. The middle country reads 16.4534. Against 2015, 178 values changed (82 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2016

HighestKiribati

59.3526

LowestCambodia

5.3209

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, 2016, 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 178 countries · select a heading to sort

General Government Consumption, 2016: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1KiribatiKIRMicronesia59.3526
2Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia56.3810
3Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia55.6081
4LibyaLBYNorthern Africa48.4195
5GreenlandGRLNorthern America42.3438
6LesothoLSOSouthern Africa39.6242
7CubaCUBCaribbean31.8959
8French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia31.1774
9Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia29.0836
10BotswanaBWASouthern Africa28.4757
11PalauPLWMicronesia28.4052
12Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe27.6579
13United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean27.5935
14NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa26.9873
15SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.5028
16BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia26.2232
17OmanOMNWestern Asia26.1249
18MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa26.0745
19KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.7055
20Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa25.3273
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe25.0237
22Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia24.8384
23EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa24.6005
24NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe24.5064
25New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia24.4656

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kiribati59.3526
  2. 2Marshall Islands56.3810
  3. 3Timor-Leste55.6081
  4. 4Libya48.4195
  5. 5Greenland42.3438

Lowest

  1. 178Cambodia5.3209
  2. 177Sudan5.5885
  3. 176Bangladesh5.8653
  4. 175Somalia5.9077
  5. 174Uganda7.3519

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 16.4534. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 178 in both
  • 82 · 96rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

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 2016.

  • The position is ours

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 178 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 (2016). General Government Consumption, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2016

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2016?

Kiribati, at 59.3526, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2016 cover?

178.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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