Data for 1978

Household Consumption, 1978

Name: Household Consumption, 1978
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1978, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1978 covers 102 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 134.944; Brunei is lowest, at 5.158. The middle country reads 64.526. Against 1977, 102 values changed (48 up, 54 down), the same countries are covered.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1978

HighestLesotho

134.944

LowestBrunei

5.158

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

102countries
1measure
1978the year it describes
102distinct 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, 1978, 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, 1978: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	134.944
2	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	94.860
3	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	93.640
4	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	90.332
5	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.498
6	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	85.431
7	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	84.693
8	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	84.656
9	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	83.991
10	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	83.830
11	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	82.813
12	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	81.497
13	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	81.226
14	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.220
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.687
16	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	79.599
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.166
18	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	77.009
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.549
20	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	74.353
21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.797
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	72.245
23	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	71.507
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71.405
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	70.700
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	70.592
27	Colombia`COL`South America	70.332
28	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	70.209
29	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.131
30	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.833
31	Chile`CHL`South America	69.447
32	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	69.117
33	Brazil`BRA`South America	68.739
34	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.573
35	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	68.449
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.832
37	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.602
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.469
39	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	67.070
40	Peru`PER`South America	66.966
41	Uruguay`URY`South America	66.762
42	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	66.757
43	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	66.593
44	Mexico`MEX`Central America	66.060
45	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	65.813
46	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.596
47	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.477
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	65.201
49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.009
50	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	64.557
51	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	64.532
52	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.519
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.765
54	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	63.448
55	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.667
56	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.496
57	United States`USA`Northern America	60.480
58	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.115
59	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.871
60	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.661
61	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	58.973
62	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.793
63	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	58.785
64	Argentina`ARG`South America	58.141
65	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	58.085
66	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	57.937
67	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.897
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.449
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.279
70	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.209
71	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.071
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.418
73	Guyana`GUY`South America	56.157
74	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	55.996
75	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	55.891
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.597
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.960
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	54.863
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.666
80	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.597
81	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.111
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.072
83	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	53.754
84	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	53.579
85	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	53.040
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	52.945
87	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.880
88	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.692
89	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	50.368
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.229
91	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.082
92	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.187
93	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.800
94	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	47.739
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	47.016
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	37.465
97	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	36.461
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	34.650
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.847
100	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32.835
101	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.726
102	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	5.158

02In 1978

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho134.944
2Tonga94.860
3Benin93.640
4Mali90.332
5Central African Republic85.498

Lowest

102Brunei5.158
101Saudi Arabia31.726
100Seychelles32.835
99Oman32.847
98Kuwait34.650

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031977 → 1978

Since 1977

What changed between 1977 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
102values changed, of 102 in both
48 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Gabon23.500 → 36.461+12.961
Mali79.813 → 90.332+10.518
Iran42.132 → 50.229+8.096
Ghana77.372 → 84.656+7.285
Tonga87.819 → 94.860+7.040

Fell most

Lesotho163.653 → 134.944−28.709
Somalia103.430 → 82.813−20.617
Sierra Leone79.534 → 71.507−8.027
Seychelles40.247 → 32.835−7.413
Republic of the Congo73.724 → 67.070−6.653

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 1978.
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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What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1978). Household Consumption, 1978 [data set], describing 1978. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1978

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