Data for 1990

Household Consumption, 1990

Name: Household Consumption, 1990
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1990, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1990 covers 134 countries. Lebanon is highest, at 116.855; Brunei is lowest, at 15.437. The middle country reads 62.489. Against 1989, 120 values changed (59 up, 61 down), 14 countries joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1990

HighestLebanon

116.855

LowestBrunei

15.437

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

134countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
134distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
derived
1	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	116.855
2	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	97.627
3	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	94.549
4	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	93.601
5	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	92.966
6	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.997
7	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	88.928
8	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	86.882
9	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	85.217
10	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	84.519
11	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	84.345
12	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	83.628
13	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.701
14	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.720
15	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	80.040
16	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	79.748
17	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	78.505
18	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.300
19	Argentina`ARG`South America	77.139
20	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	76.967
21	Bolivia`BOL`South America	76.862
22	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	75.728
23	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	75.589
24	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	74.934
25	Peru`PER`South America	74.637
26	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	73.990
27	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	73.519
28	Niger`NER`Western Africa	73.260
29	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	73.005
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	72.534
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	72.403
32	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	71.933
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	71.921
34	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	71.385
35	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	71.262
36	Uruguay`URY`South America	70.266
37	Mexico`MEX`Central America	69.967
38	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.718
39	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	68.580
40	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	67.887
41	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	67.876
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	67.486
43	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.181
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	67.075
45	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.568
46	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.522
47	Panama`PAN`Central America	66.316
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.882
49	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	65.427
50	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	65.376
51	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.209
52	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	64.786
53	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.705
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	64.237
55	Colombia`COL`South America	63.993
56	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.952
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.882
58	United States`USA`Northern America	63.876
59	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	63.768
60	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	63.622
61	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	63.490
62	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.106
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	62.887
64	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	62.826
65	Ecuador`ECU`South America	62.692
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	62.679
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	62.588
68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	62.390
69	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	61.422
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	61.410
71	Chile`CHL`South America	61.325
72	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.224
73	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.219
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	60.092
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	59.831
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59.802
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.303
78	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	59.280
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.044
80	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58.750
81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	57.455
82	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	57.167
83	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	57.163
84	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	57.126
85	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	57.009
86	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.899
87	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	56.837
88	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	56.759
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	56.559
90	Canada`CAN`Northern America	55.842
91	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.771
92	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	55.344
93	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	54.968
94	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	54.741
95	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.665
96	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	54.177
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	54.163
98	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	53.901
99	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	53.542
100	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	53.273
101	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	53.051
102	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	52.592
103	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	51.803
104	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	50.848
105	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	50.741
106	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	50.053
107	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.051
108	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	50.000
109	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	49.895
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	49.741
111	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	49.738
112	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	49.468
113	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	49.250
114	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.030
115	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	48.989
116	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.869
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	48.619
118	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.430
119	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	48.247
120	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	48.121
121	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.670
122	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	47.344
123	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	46.338
124	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	46.167
125	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	45.873
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	45.229
127	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	44.580
128	Belize`BLZ`Central America	35.990
129	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	33.776
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	33.233
131	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	32.004
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	31.805
133	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	27.829
134	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	15.437

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Lebanon116.855
2Chad97.627
3Burundi94.549
4Tonga93.601
5Uganda92.966

Lowest

134Brunei15.437
133Qatar27.829
132Republic of the Congo31.805
131Oman32.004
130Botswana33.233

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 62.489. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+14 / −0countries joined / left
120values changed, of 120 in both
59 · 61rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles36.959 → 50.741+13.782
Madagascar48.224 → 59.802+11.578
Paraguay53.879 → 62.887+9.009
Burundi86.551 → 94.549+7.999
Chad89.848 → 97.627+7.779

Fell most

Iraq78.327 → 45.229−33.098
Togo78.197 → 54.968−23.229
Republic of the Congo52.683 → 31.805−20.877
Benin88.408 → 75.728−12.680
Panama76.360 → 66.316−10.044

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Bhutan

+ Czechia

+ Lebanon

+ Libya

+ North Macedonia

+ New Caledonia

+ Romania

+ Slovakia

+ Slovenia

+ Tanzania

+ Yemen

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 1990.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 134 countries has every column.

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1990). Household Consumption, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1990

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