Data for 1970

Household Consumption, 1970

Name: Household Consumption, 1970
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1970, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1970 covers 93 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 118.33; Oman is lowest, at 19.38. The middle country reads 66.37.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1970

HighestLesotho

118.33

LowestOman

19.38

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

93countries
1measure
1970the year it describes
93distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Household Consumption, 1970, 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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Household Consumption, 1970: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	118.33
2	Niger`NER`Western Africa	88.80
3	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	87.95
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.63
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	86.45
6	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.84
7	Uruguay`URY`South America	81.25
8	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	80.60
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.68
10	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	79.42
11	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.41
12	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	79.26
13	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	78.43
14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	78.28
15	Paraguay`PRY`South America	77.47
16	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	77.11
17	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	76.80
18	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	76.79
19	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	76.68
20	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	75.74
21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.64
22	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.37
23	Ecuador`ECU`South America	74.32
24	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	74.20
25	Bolivia`BOL`South America	73.69
26	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73.64
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	73.55
28	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	73.43
29	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.71
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	72.52
31	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	72.15
32	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.96
33	Colombia`COL`South America	71.80
34	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	71.55
35	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.67
36	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.59
37	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	70.46
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	70.01
39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.70
40	Chile`CHL`South America	69.23
41	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	68.72
42	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.55
43	Peru`PER`South America	68.53
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	68.22
45	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	67.14
46	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.63
47	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	66.37
48	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	66.23
49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.21
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	65.74
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	64.95
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	64.74
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.00
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.87
55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.64
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	61.53
57	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.81
58	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	60.36
59	United States`USA`Northern America	60.26
60	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.18
61	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	59.98
62	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.36
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.33
64	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.98
65	Venezuela`VEN`South America	57.85
66	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.72
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	57.27
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.21
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.97
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55.12
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.00
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.61
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.59
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.34
75	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.15
76	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.90
77	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.42
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.19
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.91
80	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.85
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	51.96
82	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.80
83	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.14
84	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	50.57
85	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.46
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	49.30
87	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	47.17
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	44.57
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	40.60
90	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.61
91	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.65
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	32.51
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	19.38

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho118.33
2Niger88.80
3Benin87.95
4Burundi86.63
5Burkina Faso86.45

Lowest

93Oman19.38
92Saudi Arabia32.51
91Gabon36.65
90Kuwait38.61
89Mauritania40.60

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 66.37. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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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 1970.
The position is ours
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

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World Bank Group (1970). Household Consumption, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1970

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