Data for 1971

Household Consumption, 1971

Name: Household Consumption, 1971
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1971, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1971 covers 93 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 121.94; Oman is lowest, at 17.11. The middle country reads 66.41. Against 1970, 93 values changed (46 up, 47 down), the same countries are covered.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1971

HighestLesotho

121.94

LowestOman

17.11

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

93countries
1measure
1971the 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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	121.94
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	89.71
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.54
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	87.21
5	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.06
6	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.69
7	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	81.10
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	80.55
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	80.50
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.28
11	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	80.01
12	Paraguay`PRY`South America	79.51
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	78.54
14	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	78.30
15	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.40
16	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	77.14
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	76.84
18	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	76.79
19	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	76.32
20	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.22
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.83
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.65
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.46
24	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.31
25	Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.20
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	75.18
27	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.53
28	Colombia`COL`South America	73.67
29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	73.22
30	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.62
31	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	72.51
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.10
33	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	71.93
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.55
35	Chile`CHL`South America	70.46
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.06
37	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	69.95
38	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.58
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	69.01
40	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	68.85
41	Peru`PER`South America	68.76
42	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	68.47
43	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.33
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	68.07
45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.34
46	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.58
47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.41
48	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.34
49	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	66.20
50	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	65.86
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.65
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.20
53	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63.15
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	62.69
55	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.94
56	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.62
57	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	61.07
58	United States`USA`Northern America	60.09
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.08
60	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.62
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.15
62	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	58.96
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.54
64	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.48
65	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.64
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.90
67	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.21
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.08
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	55.85
70	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	55.37
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.20
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.81
73	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.58
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.51
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	53.75
76	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.68
77	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.38
78	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.23
79	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52.68
80	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.80
81	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	51.63
82	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.57
83	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.28
84	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.21
85	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.28
86	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	47.05
87	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	46.96
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	45.68
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	39.49
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.30
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	30.40
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.63
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	17.11

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho121.94
2Benin89.71
3Burundi87.54
4Niger87.21
5Burkina Faso85.06

Lowest

93Oman17.11
92Saudi Arabia26.63
91Kuwait30.40
90Gabon35.30
89Mauritania39.49

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 66.41. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
46 · 47rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Sudan66.37 → 71.93+5.55
Puerto Rico70.59 → 75.65+5.06
Cameroon70.46 → 75.31+4.85
Kenya60.18 → 64.65+4.47
Türkiye51.96 → 56.21+4.25

Fell most

Uruguay81.25 → 66.58−14.67
Botswana72.15 → 61.62−10.53
Kuwait38.61 → 30.40−8.22
Saudi Arabia32.51 → 26.63−5.88
Republic of the Congo81.84 → 76.32−5.52

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 1971.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1971). Household Consumption, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1971

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