Data for 1981

Household Consumption, 1981

Name: Household Consumption, 1981
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1981, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1981 covers 114 countries. Lesotho is highest, at 139.217; Brunei is lowest, at 4.351. The middle country reads 62.207. Against 1980, 108 values changed (67 up, 41 down), 6 countries joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1981

HighestLesotho

139.217

LowestBrunei

4.351

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

114countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
114distinct 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	139.217
2	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	103.194
3	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	98.285
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	95.473
5	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	93.906
6	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	91.051
7	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.659
8	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.998
9	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	87.204
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.819
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.947
12	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	82.071
13	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	81.865
14	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	81.580
15	Niger`NER`Western Africa	80.818
16	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.770
17	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	80.567
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	77.371
19	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	76.836
20	India`IND`Southern Asia	76.142
21	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	75.519
22	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	74.570
23	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	74.301
24	Chile`CHL`South America	73.769
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.481
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	73.432
27	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	73.021
28	Colombia`COL`South America	72.509
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	72.475
30	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.872
31	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	71.518
32	Paraguay`PRY`South America	71.128
33	Honduras`HND`Central America	71.089
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	70.346
35	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	70.333
36	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	70.292
37	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.000
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	69.643
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.438
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	67.994
41	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	66.725
42	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	65.984
43	Venezuela`VEN`South America	65.823
44	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	65.819
45	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	65.679
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65.502
47	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	65.287
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	65.280
49	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	64.861
50	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	64.087
51	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	63.555
52	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.286
53	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	63.099
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	62.962
55	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	62.566
56	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62.313
57	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	62.265
58	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.150
59	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.736
60	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	61.422
61	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.346
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.164
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	61.001
64	United States`USA`Northern America	60.303
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.144
66	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	59.755
67	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.417
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59.233
69	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.041
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	58.980
71	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.824
72	Peru`PER`South America	57.971
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.549
74	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.427
75	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.408
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.918
77	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	56.851
78	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	56.846
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.680
80	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.470
81	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.281
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.177
83	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.078
84	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	55.820
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	55.294
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.252
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	54.463
88	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	54.374
89	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	53.612
90	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.138
91	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	53.103
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52.736
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	52.334
94	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	51.801
95	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	51.503
96	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.847
97	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	50.647
98	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	50.018
99	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.789
100	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	49.773
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	48.664
102	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	48.498
103	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.923
104	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	46.479
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	44.201
106	Belize`BLZ`Central America	39.541
107	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	38.133
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	36.629
109	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	28.848
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	26.737
111	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.566
112	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	25.809
113	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	17.182
114	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	4.351

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lesotho139.217
2Benin103.194
3Tonga98.285
4Chad95.473
5Somalia93.906

Lowest

114Brunei4.351
113Qatar17.182
112Oman25.809
111Saudi Arabia26.566
110Gabon26.737

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.207. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
108values changed, of 108 in both
67 · 41rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Namibia49.568 → 74.301+24.733
Iraq22.839 → 36.629+13.789
Madagascar39.496 → 50.647+11.151
Republic of the Congo46.754 → 56.470+9.717
Lesotho130.249 → 139.217+8.968

Fell most

Gambia62.954 → 51.503−11.452
Uruguay75.799 → 67.994−7.806
Central African Republic93.710 → 85.947−7.762
Bulgaria55.331 → 48.664−6.667
Dominican Republic81.639 → 75.519−6.120

+ Bangladesh

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Mongolia

+ New Caledonia

+ Philippines

+ 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 1981.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 114 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1981). Household Consumption, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1981

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