Data for 1984

Household Consumption, 1984

Name: Household Consumption, 1984
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1984, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1984 covers 116 countries. Somalia is highest, at 105.43; Qatar is lowest, at 23.70. The middle country reads 62.46. Against 1983, 115 values changed (40 up, 75 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1984

HighestSomalia

105.43

LowestQatar

23.70

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

116countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
116distinct 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	105.43
2	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	96.56
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	91.19
4	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	90.89
5	Niger`NER`Western Africa	90.69
6	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	89.83
7	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	89.00
8	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	88.88
9	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	88.59
10	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	85.86
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	85.56
12	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	84.94
13	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	84.72
14	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	84.11
15	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	82.91
16	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	82.89
17	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	82.72
18	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	82.56
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	82.50
20	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	82.14
21	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.88
22	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	80.22
23	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	78.79
24	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	78.65
25	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.08
26	Paraguay`PRY`South America	75.40
27	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.60
28	Honduras`HND`Central America	74.13
29	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	73.39
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	73.17
31	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	72.45
32	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	70.67
33	Colombia`COL`South America	70.58
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	70.21
35	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.98
36	Bolivia`BOL`South America	69.18
37	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.07
38	Chile`CHL`South America	68.66
39	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	68.45
40	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	67.62
41	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	66.43
42	Panama`PAN`Central America	65.70
43	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	65.62
44	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	65.51
45	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	65.44
46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.15
47	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	64.91
48	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	64.22
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	63.67
50	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	63.65
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	63.58
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.54
53	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.46
54	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.32
55	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	63.31
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.07
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.96
58	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62.79
59	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.13
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.87
61	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	61.82
62	United States`USA`Northern America	61.73
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	61.68
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.25
65	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	60.93
66	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.80
67	Peru`PER`South America	60.47
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.12
69	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	59.67
70	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.53
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59.51
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.05
73	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.04
74	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	58.62
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	58.60
76	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.56
77	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58.48
78	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	57.32
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.23
80	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.20
81	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	56.99
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.86
83	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.51
84	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	56.19
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	55.76
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.24
87	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.23
88	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	54.52
89	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	54.37
90	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	54.30
91	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53.74
92	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	53.71
93	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	52.74
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.66
95	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	51.79
96	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	50.89
97	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.72
98	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	50.59
99	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	50.56
100	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.18
101	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.78
102	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.77
103	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	47.89
104	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	47.73
105	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.68
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	45.59
107	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	43.54
108	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	43.06
109	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	42.70
110	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	42.57
111	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	38.82
112	Belize`BLZ`Central America	32.19
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.80
114	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.08
115	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	29.87
116	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	23.70

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Somalia105.43
2Tonga96.56
3Chad91.19
4Laos90.89
5Niger90.69

Lowest

116Qatar23.70
115Gabon29.87
114Bahrain30.08
113Oman30.80
112Belize32.19

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
40 · 75rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Panama57.07 → 65.70+8.62
Niger82.31 → 90.69+8.38
Bahamas57.38 → 65.44+8.05
Guinea-Bissau78.13 → 84.72+6.59
Algeria44.07 → 50.56+6.49

Fell most

Venezuela78.65 → 59.05−19.60
Zimbabwe73.87 → 63.54−10.33
Tonga106.87 → 96.56−10.30
Seychelles53.22 → 43.06−10.16
Guyana70.20 → 61.68−8.52

+ Laos

− Brunei

− Micronesia

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 1984.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 116 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1984). Household Consumption, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1984

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