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General Government Consumption, 2018

2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

General Government Consumption, 2018 covers 178 countries. Kiribati is highest, at 60.0530; Cayman Islands is lowest, at 2.1113. The middle country reads 15.8423. Against 2017, 178 values changed (79 up, 99 down), 1 left.

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General Government Consumption · Data for 2018

HighestKiribati

60.0530

LowestCayman Islands

2.1113

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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1KiribatiKIRMicronesia60.0530
2Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia59.9405
3Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia56.6797
4United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean43.2322
5GreenlandGRLNorthern America43.1424
6LesothoLSOSouthern Africa38.0630
7LibyaLBYNorthern Africa35.3379
8PalauPLWMicronesia32.2402
9French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia30.7249
10CubaCUBCaribbean30.0450
11BotswanaBWASouthern Africa29.0962
12Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe28.4050
13Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia26.8323
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe26.3906
15NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa25.3675
16DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe24.4557
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe24.2743
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe24.2164
19BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia24.1417
20BurundiBDIEastern Africa23.9951
21FranceFRAWestern Europe23.8446
22EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa23.7060
23Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa23.5278
24Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia23.1694
25BelgiumBELWestern Europe23.1518

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Kiribati60.0530
  2. 2Marshall Islands59.9405
  3. 3Timor-Leste56.6797
  4. 4United States Virgin Islands43.2322
  5. 5Greenland43.1424

Lowest

  1. 178Cayman Islands2.1113
  2. 177Cambodia4.9482
  3. 176Bangladesh5.9592
  4. 175Somalia6.2873
  5. 174Sierra Leone6.5131

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 15.8423. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 178values changed, of 178 in both
  • 79 · 99rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− New Caledonia

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 2018.

  • 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 (2018). General Government Consumption, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-consumption/2018

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07Questions

General Government Consumption, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government consumption in General Government Consumption, 2018?

Kiribati, at 60.0530, of the 178 countries in the file.

What year does General Government Consumption, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does General Government Consumption, 2018 cover?

178.

Where can I download General Government Consumption, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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