Data for 1974

Household Consumption, 1974

Name: Household Consumption, 1974
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1974, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1974 covers 94 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 140.00; Brunei is lowest, at 3.36. The middle country reads 62.94. Against 1973, 93 values changed (49 up, 44 down), 1 country joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1974

HighestLesotho

140.00

LowestBrunei

3.36

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

94countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
94distinct values14 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, 1974, 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, 1974: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	140.00
2	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	101.67
3	Niger`NER`Western Africa	93.48
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	92.18
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	89.15
6	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	88.33
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.82
8	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	82.92
9	India`IND`Southern Asia	81.60
10	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	80.81
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.17
12	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	78.22
13	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	78.12
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	76.04
15	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	76.00
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.18
17	Paraguay`PRY`South America	75.17
18	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.92
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.22
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	74.03
21	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73.95
22	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.53
23	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	72.47
24	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	72.28
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	71.62
26	Colombia`COL`South America	70.88
27	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69.82
28	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.25
29	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	69.24
30	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	68.59
31	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	68.48
32	Peru`PER`South America	68.24
33	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	68.14
34	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.10
35	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.79
36	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.74
37	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	67.73
38	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.53
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.89
40	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65.62
41	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	65.20
42	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	64.55
43	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.43
44	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	64.15
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.13
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.08
47	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.97
48	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.90
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	61.03
50	Chile`CHL`South America	61.02
51	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	60.47
52	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	60.43
53	United States`USA`Northern America	60.20
54	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.76
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	58.27
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.25
57	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	58.03
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	57.81
59	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	55.89
60	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	55.70
61	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	55.68
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	55.42
63	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.16
64	Guyana`GUY`South America	54.68
65	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.63
66	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.47
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	54.03
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.57
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.52
70	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53.44
71	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53.42
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	53.38
73	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.37
74	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.85
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	52.73
76	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.80
77	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	51.31
78	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	51.02
79	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.63
80	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	48.97
81	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	48.88
82	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.52
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	47.30
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	46.56
85	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	46.31
86	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.94
87	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	43.06
88	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	36.75
89	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	24.70
90	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	20.51
91	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	14.79
92	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	10.90
93	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	8.72
94	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.36

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho140.00
2Mali101.67
3Niger93.48
4Guinea-Bissau92.18
5Burundi89.15

Lowest

94Brunei3.36
93Oman8.72
92Saudi Arabia10.90
91Kuwait14.79
90Iraq20.51

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.94. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
93values changed, of 93 in both
49 · 44rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Uruguay54.27 → 71.62+17.35
Mali85.28 → 101.67+16.39
Central African Republic67.50 → 80.17+12.67
Lesotho129.73 → 140.00+10.27
Niger84.66 → 93.48+8.82

Fell most

Somalia82.90 → 58.03−24.87
Gabon45.69 → 24.70−20.99
Chile78.86 → 61.02−17.85
Togo72.79 → 55.70−17.09
Oman23.97 → 8.72−15.24

+ Brunei

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 1974.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 94 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1974). Household Consumption, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1974

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