Data for 1987

Household Consumption, 1987

Name: Household Consumption, 1987
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1987, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1987 covers 118 countries. Tonga is highest, at 94.8481; Botswana is lowest, at 30.9153. The middle country reads 62.5824. Against 1986, 115 values changed (52 up, 63 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1987

HighestTonga

94.8481

LowestBotswana

30.9153

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

118countries
1measure
1987the year it describes
118distinct 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	94.8481
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.4553
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	92.1509
4	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.4433
5	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.9972
6	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	87.2097
7	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	85.4547
8	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.6322
9	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	83.6892
10	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	81.7584
11	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	81.6766
12	Niger`NER`Western Africa	81.5040
13	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.0029
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.6118
15	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	80.1546
16	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.7280
17	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	78.8275
18	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	77.7563
19	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.5601
20	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	77.1235
21	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	76.4377
22	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	76.4009
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	75.4332
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.8498
25	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	72.7641
26	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.6095
27	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	71.6670
28	India`IND`Southern Asia	71.4496
29	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	71.0362
30	Honduras`HND`Central America	70.7033
31	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	70.5179
32	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	70.1643
33	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.0378
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	69.9570
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	69.7087
36	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.3926
37	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.9233
38	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	68.3657
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	68.2778
40	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.5786
41	Peru`PER`South America	66.9330
42	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.8520
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.3191
44	Ecuador`ECU`South America	66.3100
45	Colombia`COL`South America	66.1280
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	65.2025
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	64.8222
48	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	64.8208
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.7672
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.6902
51	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	64.4806
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.2939
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.2806
54	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	63.7660
55	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	63.6588
56	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	63.5883
57	United States`USA`Northern America	63.3603
58	Chile`CHL`South America	63.0004
59	Mexico`MEX`Central America	62.5884
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.5764
61	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	62.5039
62	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.2533
63	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.0922
64	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	62.0226
65	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.9870
66	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	61.2315
67	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	61.1435
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.7560
69	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	60.5578
70	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	60.0859
71	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.0537
72	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.9694
73	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	59.8416
74	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	59.7039
75	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.5326
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.9412
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.2965
78	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.4922
79	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.2384
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	57.1517
81	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.9763
82	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	56.9740
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.9374
84	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.5807
85	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.4041
86	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.2309
87	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	56.0875
88	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	56.0866
89	France`FRA`Western Europe	55.9524
90	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.9008
91	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.2528
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.9950
93	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.3305
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	52.6906
95	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	52.5764
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	52.2977
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	52.1568
98	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.0587
99	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	52.0000
100	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	51.6070
101	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	51.5639
102	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.7843
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.5309
104	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.4679
105	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	50.1302
106	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.5863
107	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	49.5034
108	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	49.1742
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	48.6168
110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	48.1754
111	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	47.1300
112	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	45.0010
113	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	33.6489
114	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	32.0908
115	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.9964
116	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.9543
117	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	30.9516
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	30.9153

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tonga94.8481
2Uganda92.4553
3Chad92.1509
4Laos89.4433
5Comoros88.9972

Lowest

118Botswana30.9153
117Oman30.9516
116Bahrain30.9543
115Belize31.9964
114Qatar32.0908

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.5824. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
115values changed, of 115 in both
52 · 63rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Guyana35.2949 → 52.6906+17.3957
Türkiye53.9618 → 68.2778+14.3161
Namibia59.5341 → 70.1643+10.6302
Syria67.0709 → 77.1235+10.0526
Uganda86.4137 → 92.4553+6.0416

Fell most

Tonga104.2452 → 94.8481−9.3971
Mali81.9334 → 72.7641−9.1693
Guinea-Bissau89.5769 → 81.6766−7.9003
Kuwait52.7463 → 45.0010−7.7453
Sierra Leone79.0847 → 71.6670−7.4177

+ Argentina

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Turkmenistan

− New Caledonia

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

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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 1987.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 118 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1987). Household Consumption, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1987

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