Data for 1979

Household Consumption, 1979

Name: Household Consumption, 1979
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1979, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1979 covers 101 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 152.395; Brunei is lowest, at 4.922. The middle country reads 62.514. Against 1978, 101 values changed (47 up, 54 down), 1 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1979

HighestLesotho

152.395

LowestBrunei

4.922

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

101countries
1measure
1979the year it describes
101distinct 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, 1979, 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, 1979: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	152.395
2	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	97.638
3	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	92.458
4	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	88.581
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	88.492
6	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	87.946
7	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	87.447
8	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	87.276
9	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	86.158
10	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	85.939
11	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	83.227
12	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	83.105
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	80.794
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	80.722
15	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.860
16	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	78.688
17	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	76.756
18	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	75.821
19	India`IND`Southern Asia	75.797
20	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	75.031
21	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.692
22	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	73.506
23	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	71.309
24	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.194
25	Niger`NER`Western Africa	71.086
26	Colombia`COL`South America	70.764
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	70.688
28	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	70.110
29	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.407
30	Chile`CHL`South America	69.335
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	68.922
32	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.615
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.310
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	68.228
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	68.087
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	67.361
37	Bolivia`BOL`South America	67.323
38	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	67.036
39	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.904
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	66.435
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.088
42	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.889
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.178
44	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.133
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.873
46	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.505
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.475
48	Mexico`MEX`Central America	64.403
49	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	64.321
50	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.954
51	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.514
52	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	61.560
53	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	61.072
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.932
55	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.565
56	United States`USA`Northern America	60.343
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.939
58	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.819
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	59.479
60	Peru`PER`South America	59.431
61	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.717
62	Ecuador`ECU`South America	58.641
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.350
64	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.737
65	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.718
66	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	57.505
67	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56.903
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.717
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.024
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	55.473
71	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.243
72	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.170
73	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	54.863
74	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.761
75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	54.553
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	54.551
77	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	54.497
78	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.364
79	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.175
80	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	54.074
81	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.013
82	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53.749
83	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.180
84	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	52.736
85	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	52.517
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.416
87	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.183
88	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.062
89	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	49.811
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	49.679
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	49.315
92	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.035
93	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.264
94	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	46.854
95	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.107
96	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.913
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	31.452
98	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	26.612
99	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	26.134
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.029
101	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.922

02In 1979

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho152.395
2Tonga97.638
3Benin92.458
4Somalia88.581
5Guinea-Bissau88.492

Lowest

101Brunei4.922
100Kuwait26.029
99Oman26.134
98Iraq26.612
97Saudi Arabia31.452

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.514. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031978 → 1979

Since 1978

What changed between 1978 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
101values changed, of 101 in both
47 · 54rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Lesotho134.944 → 152.395+17.451
Seychelles32.835 → 46.854+14.020
Bahamas58.085 → 65.889+7.804
Cameroon63.448 → 69.407+5.959
Somalia82.813 → 88.581+5.768

Fell most

Republic of the Congo67.070 → 54.863−12.208
Iraq37.465 → 26.612−10.853
Kuwait34.650 → 26.029−8.622
Peru66.966 → 59.431−7.535
Oman32.847 → 26.134−6.713

− Chad

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 1979.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 101 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 (1979). Household Consumption, 1979 [data set], describing 1979. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1979

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