Data for 1977

Household Consumption, 1977

Name: Household Consumption, 1977
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1977, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1977 covers 102 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 163.6526; Brunei is lowest, at 4.6659. The middle country reads 63.6459. Against 1976, 100 values changed (50 up, 50 down), 2 countries joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1977

HighestLesotho

163.6526

LowestBrunei

4.6659

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

102countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
102distinct 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	163.6526
2	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	103.4302
3	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	92.5426
4	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	87.8195
5	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.2103
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	84.9827
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	84.8424
8	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	84.5001
9	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	83.1297
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	82.4160
11	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.2862
12	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	80.0245
13	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	79.8134
14	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	79.5337
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.2130
16	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	79.0415
17	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	77.3717
18	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	77.3484
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.2363
20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	75.7268
21	Niger`NER`Western Africa	75.6977
22	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	75.2942
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.9021
24	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	73.7235
25	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	73.3176
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	72.0991
27	Bolivia`BOL`South America	71.9856
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	71.7669
29	Peru`PER`South America	71.5890
30	Chile`CHL`South America	71.2371
31	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	69.9697
32	Colombia`COL`South America	69.8697
33	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	69.5565
34	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.0929
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.5405
36	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	68.2594
37	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	67.3767
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.1606
39	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	66.9233
40	Mexico`MEX`Central America	66.3108
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.6521
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.6176
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.5339
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.5336
45	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.2144
46	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	65.1464
47	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.1202
48	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.9308
49	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.9077
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	64.6633
51	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.4364
52	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	62.8555
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	61.7883
54	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.7045
55	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.3654
56	United States`USA`Northern America	61.1951
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	61.0006
58	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	60.8986
59	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.7006
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.0975
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.0463
62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.0360
63	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.5069
64	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.7820
65	Argentina`ARG`South America	57.7535
66	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.7342
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.7101
68	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.4635
69	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	57.4022
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.1429
71	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.7595
72	Ecuador`ECU`South America	56.4340
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	55.6522
74	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	55.6482
75	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	55.6258
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	55.5979
77	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.4833
78	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	55.3179
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.5990
80	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.5269
81	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.7824
82	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.3770
83	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.2938
84	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.2727
85	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	53.2053
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.7482
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.5455
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.9852
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	51.9565
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.6559
91	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.6174
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	49.5309
93	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.1833
94	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.3233
95	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43.9418
96	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	42.1322
97	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	40.2474
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	33.6361
99	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.2185
100	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.0034
101	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	23.5004
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.6659

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho163.6526
2Somalia103.4302
3Benin92.5426
4Tonga87.8195
5Central African Republic85.2103

Lowest

102Brunei4.6659
101Gabon23.5004
100Oman26.0034
99Saudi Arabia26.2185
98Kuwait33.6361

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 63.6459. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
100values changed, of 100 in both
50 · 50rose · fell
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Rose most

Somalia62.0534 → 103.4302+41.3768
Iraq34.0397 → 43.9418+9.9022
Saudi Arabia16.9027 → 26.2185+9.3158
Burkina Faso77.5472 → 84.8424+7.2952
Gabon16.4511 → 23.5004+7.0493

Fell most

Seychelles54.7874 → 40.2474−14.5400
Cameroon76.3754 → 64.4364−11.9390
Niger84.8858 → 75.6977−9.1881
Lesotho171.6511 → 163.6526−7.9985
Burundi85.1309 → 77.3484−7.7825

+ Bahamas

+ Gambia

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 1977.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 102 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1977). Household Consumption, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1977

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