Data for 1989

Household Consumption, 1989

Name: Household Consumption, 1989
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1989, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1989 covers 120 countries. Tonga is highest, at 99.85; Brunei is lowest, at 15.96. The middle country reads 62.57. Against 1988, 117 values changed (52 up, 65 down), 3 countries joined, 1 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1989

HighestTonga

99.85

LowestBrunei

15.96

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

120countries
1measure
1989the year it describes
120distinct 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.85
2	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.09
3	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	89.85
4	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	89.00
5	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	88.41
6	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	87.09
7	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	86.55
8	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	84.55
9	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	83.98
10	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	83.76
11	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	82.93
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.56
13	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	79.72
14	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	79.69
15	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	79.43
16	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	78.60
17	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	78.33
18	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	78.20
19	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	78.14
20	Niger`NER`Western Africa	77.31
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	77.13
22	Panama`PAN`Central America	76.36
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.43
24	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	74.35
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	73.51
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.64
27	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	71.54
28	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	70.58
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	70.26
30	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	69.86
31	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.80
32	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	69.59
33	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69.34
34	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.16
35	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	68.89
36	Guyana`GUY`South America	68.49
37	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	68.42
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	68.17
39	Peru`PER`South America	68.12
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	68.09
41	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	67.87
42	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	67.84
43	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	67.82
44	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.34
45	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	67.20
46	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	66.45
47	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.20
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.94
49	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.61
50	Colombia`COL`South America	65.29
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	64.74
52	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.65
53	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	64.51
54	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.42
55	Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.78
56	United States`USA`Northern America	63.40
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.26
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	63.10
59	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	62.70
60	Venezuela`VEN`South America	62.61
61	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62.53
62	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	62.14
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.99
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.91
65	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	61.80
66	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	60.87
67	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	60.32
68	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	59.95
69	Chile`CHL`South America	59.80
70	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	59.64
71	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.52
72	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	59.46
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.68
74	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.33
75	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.30
76	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	57.85
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	57.63
78	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.56
79	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	56.40
80	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	55.68
81	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	55.50
82	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.41
83	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.29
84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	54.92
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.86
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.66
87	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.20
88	Brazil`BRA`South America	54.13
89	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.08
90	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	53.94
91	Paraguay`PRY`South America	53.88
92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	53.85
93	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.79
94	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	53.57
95	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	52.68
96	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	52.09
97	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	51.29
98	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	51.27
99	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	51.01
100	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50.50
101	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.49
102	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	50.27
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	50.00
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.26
105	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.18
106	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	49.17
107	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	48.44
108	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	48.37
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.22
110	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	48.13
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	47.88
112	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	45.83
113	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	45.15
114	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	36.96
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	35.65
116	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	35.00
117	Belize`BLZ`Central America	33.35
118	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	32.17
119	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	28.14
120	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.96

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Tonga99.85
2Uganda92.09
3Chad89.85
4Comoros89.00
5Benin88.41

Lowest

120Brunei15.96
119Botswana28.14
118Qatar32.17
117Belize33.35
116Bahrain35.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.57. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −1countries joined / left
117values changed, of 117 in both
52 · 65rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Iraq51.98 → 78.33+26.34
Zimbabwe50.42 → 64.65+14.23
Guyana55.05 → 68.49+13.44
Panama64.51 → 76.36+11.85
Kenya61.54 → 68.89+7.34

Fell most

Madagascar73.85 → 48.22−25.63
Syria82.07 → 67.84−14.22
Mongolia65.24 → 53.94−11.30
Mali79.18 → 68.42−10.75
Brazil63.75 → 54.13−9.62

+ Bahamas

+ Brunei

+ Ukraine

− Laos

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 1989.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 120 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1989). Household Consumption, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1989

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