Data for 1972

Household Consumption, 1972

Name: Household Consumption, 1972
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1972, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1972 covers 93 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 128.939; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 23.799. The middle country reads 65.750. Against 1971, 93 values changed (36 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1972

HighestLesotho

128.939

LowestSaudi Arabia

23.799

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

93countries
1measure
1972the 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, 1972, 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, 1972: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	128.939
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	88.909
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.235
4	Niger`NER`Western Africa	85.904
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	85.741
6	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.764
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	81.586
8	India`IND`Southern Asia	80.273
9	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.215
10	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	80.046
11	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	78.723
12	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	77.066
13	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.005
14	Paraguay`PRY`South America	76.998
15	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	75.606
16	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	75.265
17	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	74.844
18	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	74.813
19	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.717
20	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	74.531
21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.428
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.197
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	74.087
24	Chile`CHL`South America	73.848
25	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	72.986
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.608
27	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	72.537
28	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	72.114
29	Colombia`COL`South America	71.848
30	Mexico`MEX`Central America	71.782
31	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	71.494
32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.661
33	Peru`PER`South America	70.382
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.210
35	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	69.964
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.785
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.214
38	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	69.139
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.680
40	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	68.537
41	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.666
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	67.258
43	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	66.957
44	Argentina`ARG`South America	66.397
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.885
46	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	65.871
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.750
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.983
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.781
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	63.341
51	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.171
52	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.098
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.956
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.564
55	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.925
56	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	60.570
57	United States`USA`Northern America	60.054
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.475
59	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.396
60	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.022
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.989
62	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.891
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.803
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.248
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.445
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.520
67	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.458
68	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.200
69	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.828
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.654
71	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.586
72	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.175
73	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	54.093
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	53.517
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.100
76	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52.754
77	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	52.189
78	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.531
79	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51.266
80	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.190
81	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.115
82	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.847
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.834
84	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.577
85	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	50.034
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	46.052
87	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.623
88	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.491
89	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	41.995
90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.364
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	29.194
92	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	24.929
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	23.799

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho128.939
2Benin88.909
3Burundi87.235
4Niger85.904
5Guinea-Bissau85.741

Lowest

93Saudi Arabia23.799
92Oman24.929
91Kuwait29.194
90Gabon33.364
89Mauritania41.995

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 65.750. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
36 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Oman17.106 → 24.929+7.823
Lesotho121.938 → 128.939+7.001
Guinea-Bissau80.498 → 85.741+5.243
Chile70.465 → 73.848+3.384
Uruguay66.576 → 69.214+2.638

Fell most

Somalia81.099 → 65.871−15.228
Dominican Republic81.692 → 74.717−6.975
Iran55.855 → 50.834−5.021
Ecuador75.198 → 70.661−4.537
Papua New Guinea62.689 → 58.248−4.441

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 1972.
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 (1972). Household Consumption, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1972

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