Data for 1973

Household Consumption, 1973

Name: Household Consumption, 1973
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1973, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1973 covers 93 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 129.73; Saudi Arabia is lowest, at 20.46. The middle country reads 63.93. Against 1972, 93 values changed (25 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1973

HighestLesotho

129.73

LowestSaudi Arabia

20.46

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

93countries
1measure
1973the 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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	129.73
2	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	89.31
3	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	87.25
4	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.42
5	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	85.28
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.66
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.29
8	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	82.90
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	80.04
10	India`IND`Southern Asia	79.51
11	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	79.38
12	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	79.15
13	Chile`CHL`South America	78.86
14	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	75.21
15	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	75.01
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	74.74
17	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.32
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.27
19	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.06
20	Paraguay`PRY`South America	73.77
21	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	72.79
22	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	72.74
23	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.85
24	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	70.94
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70.48
26	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	70.42
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.34
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.03
29	Colombia`COL`South America	70.01
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.86
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.45
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.14
33	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	67.50
34	Ecuador`ECU`South America	67.45
35	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.10
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	67.05
37	Peru`PER`South America	67.01
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.67
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.22
40	Argentina`ARG`South America	65.66
41	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.61
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.12
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.72
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.67
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.06
46	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	63.98
47	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63.93
48	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	63.80
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.48
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.31
51	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	62.25
52	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	61.56
53	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	61.13
54	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.88
55	United States`USA`Northern America	59.60
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	59.01
57	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.85
58	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	58.54
59	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.83
60	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	57.72
61	Venezuela`VEN`South America	56.67
62	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	56.50
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.32
64	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.38
65	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.06
66	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.75
67	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.60
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.49
69	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.27
70	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	54.17
71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53.69
72	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	53.42
73	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.04
74	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	52.81
75	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.43
76	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	52.38
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.92
78	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.89
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.74
80	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.15
81	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.14
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.82
83	Panama`PAN`Central America	49.13
84	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.78
85	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	45.94
86	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	45.71
87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	45.69
88	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	45.66
89	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	44.47
90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	32.77
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	27.35
92	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	23.97
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.46

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho129.73
2Guinea-Bissau89.31
3Benin87.25
4Burundi85.42
5Mali85.28

Lowest

93Saudi Arabia20.46
92Oman23.97
91Kuwait27.35
90Iraq32.77
89Iran44.47

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 63.93. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
25 · 68rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Somalia65.87 → 82.90+17.03
Mauritania41.99 → 56.50+14.51
Gabon33.36 → 45.69+12.32
Mali78.72 → 85.28+6.56
Chile73.85 → 78.86+5.02

Fell most

Uruguay69.21 → 54.27−14.95
Republic of the Congo77.00 → 62.25−14.75
Sierra Leone77.07 → 63.80−13.26
Iraq45.49 → 32.77−12.72
Papua New Guinea58.25 → 47.78−10.47

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 1973.
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 (1973). Household Consumption, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1973

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