Data for 1988

Household Consumption, 1988

Name: Household Consumption, 1988
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1988, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1988 covers 118 countries. Tonga is highest, at 104.555; Botswana is lowest, at 25.934. The middle country reads 61.993. Against 1987, 117 values changed (51 up, 66 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1988

HighestTonga

104.555

LowestBotswana

25.934

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

118countries
1measure
1988the 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	104.555
2	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	93.910
3	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	91.689
4	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.633
5	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	89.456
6	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.998
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.621
8	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	84.875
9	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	84.388
10	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.152
11	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	82.487
12	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	82.067
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	82.056
14	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.951
15	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.668
16	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.677
17	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	79.175
18	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	79.146
19	Bolivia`BOL`South America	79.004
20	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	77.323
21	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	75.627
22	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	75.075
23	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.006
24	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	73.911
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	73.850
26	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.718
27	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	73.071
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.851
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.745
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.042
31	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.779
32	Niger`NER`Western Africa	70.732
33	India`IND`Southern Asia	70.120
34	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	69.349
35	Uruguay`URY`South America	68.831
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.302
37	Peru`PER`South America	68.283
38	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.206
39	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	67.649
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.639
41	Honduras`HND`Central America	67.260
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	66.821
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.797
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	66.235
45	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	66.030
46	Colombia`COL`South America	65.502
47	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	65.235
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	65.161
49	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	64.956
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	64.858
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.508
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	64.093
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	63.751
54	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	63.636
55	United States`USA`Northern America	63.593
56	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.494
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.138
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.347
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.265
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.722
61	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.710
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.701
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.593
64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	61.542
65	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.229
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	60.634
67	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.553
68	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.425
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	60.137
70	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.893
71	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.736
72	Chile`CHL`South America	59.606
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	59.342
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	59.297
75	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58.357
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58.151
77	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.035
78	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.818
79	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	57.224
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.738
81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	56.607
82	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.490
83	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.726
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	55.627
85	Guyana`GUY`South America	55.051
86	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.984
87	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.979
88	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	54.908
89	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.871
90	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.791
91	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.520
92	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.468
93	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	53.407
94	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	53.258
95	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	52.079
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51.983
97	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	51.114
98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	50.804
99	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50.762
100	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	50.422
101	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	50.361
102	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	50.052
103	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.612
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	49.589
105	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.533
106	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	49.424
107	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.342
108	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.198
109	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	48.720
110	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	48.148
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.798
112	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	46.462
113	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	36.586
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	35.223
115	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.060
116	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.003
117	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	29.246
118	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	25.934

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tonga104.555
2Laos93.910
3Uganda91.689
4Chad90.633
5Benin89.456

Lowest

118Botswana25.934
117Qatar29.246
116Belize33.003
115Bahrain33.060
114Seychelles35.223

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 61.993. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
51 · 66rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar62.092 → 73.850+11.758
Tonga94.848 → 104.555+9.706
Kuwait45.001 → 53.407+8.406
Mali72.764 → 79.175+6.411
Iran68.923 → 75.075+6.152

Fell most

Niger81.504 → 70.732−10.772
Namibia70.164 → 61.229−8.936
Zimbabwe58.941 → 50.422−8.520
Paraguay69.957 → 61.710−8.247
Botswana30.915 → 25.934−4.982

+ Russia

− Bahamas

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 1988.
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 (1988). Household Consumption, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1988

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