Data for 1976

Household Consumption, 1976

Name: Household Consumption, 1976
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1976, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1976 covers 100 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 171.65; Brunei is lowest, at 4.76. The middle country reads 62.42. Against 1975, 97 values changed (33 up, 64 down), 3 countries joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1976

HighestLesotho

171.65

LowestBrunei

4.76

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

100countries
1measure
1976the year it describes
100distinct 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, 1976, 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, 1976: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	171.65
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	92.79
3	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	90.86
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	86.84
5	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.13
6	Niger`NER`Western Africa	84.89
7	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	83.51
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	83.01
9	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81.63
10	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	81.50
11	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.83
12	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	80.72
13	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	80.69
14	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	79.80
15	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	79.22
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	79.18
17	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	77.80
18	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.55
19	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	77.48
20	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.38
21	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	76.06
22	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	75.68
23	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.01
24	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	74.80
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	74.01
26	Honduras`HND`Central America	73.02
27	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.49
28	Bolivia`BOL`South America	72.18
29	Peru`PER`South America	72.10
30	Colombia`COL`South America	71.08
31	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	70.22
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	69.63
33	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	68.59
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.54
35	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	68.18
36	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	68.12
37	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.08
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.95
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	67.94
40	Chile`CHL`South America	67.70
41	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.65
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.86
43	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	66.62
44	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.35
45	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.68
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.60
47	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	65.28
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	65.16
49	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	64.26
50	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	62.78
51	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	62.05
52	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.73
53	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.61
54	United States`USA`Northern America	61.26
55	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	60.77
56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.70
57	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.95
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	59.30
59	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	59.11
60	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.02
61	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.79
62	Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.52
63	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	58.49
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	58.22
65	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.06
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.87
67	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.50
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	57.29
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	56.90
70	Argentina`ARG`South America	56.60
71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.59
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	56.07
73	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	55.85
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	55.33
75	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.98
76	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	54.79
77	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.54
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.08
79	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.42
80	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.36
81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	53.35
82	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.06
83	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.87
84	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.41
85	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	52.39
86	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	52.15
87	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.58
88	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	51.47
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.67
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.26
91	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.02
92	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.74
93	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	46.97
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	37.87
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.04
96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.82
97	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	20.54
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	16.90
99	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.45
100	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.76

02In 1976

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho171.65
2Benin92.79
3Tonga90.86
4Mali86.84
5Burundi85.13

Lowest

100Brunei4.76
99Gabon16.45
98Saudi Arabia16.90
97Oman20.54
96Kuwait26.82

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.42. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031975 → 1976

Since 1975

What changed between 1975 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
97values changed, of 97 in both
33 · 64rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho156.96 → 171.65+14.69
Guyana47.35 → 59.30+11.95
Dominican Republic72.68 → 80.72+8.05
Republic of the Congo70.74 → 77.48+6.74
Ghana73.31 → 79.22+5.91

Fell most

Togo74.51 → 66.62−7.90
Iran45.54 → 37.87−7.67
Gabon23.49 → 16.45−7.04
Hong Kong65.47 → 58.49−6.97
Kenya68.22 → 61.61−6.62

+ Jordan

+ Mauritius

+ Seychelles

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 1976.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 100 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1976). Household Consumption, 1976 [data set], describing 1976. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1976

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How it has moved, charted by country

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