Data for 1997

Household Consumption, 1997

Name: Household Consumption, 1997
Creator: World Bank Group
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1997, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1997 covers 151 countries. Armenia is highest, at 103.26; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 63.87. Against 1996, 149 values changed (70 up, 79 down), 1 country joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1997

HighestArmenia

103.26

LowestVenezuela

0.00

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

151countries
1measure
1997the year it describes
151distinct 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, 1997, 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, 1997: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	103.26
2	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	102.03
3	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	98.48
4	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	95.62
5	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	95.30
6	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	94.98
7	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.33
8	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	90.32
9	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	89.42
10	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	89.00
11	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	86.96
12	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	86.77
13	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	86.40
14	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	85.95
15	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	85.63
16	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	85.55
17	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	84.87
18	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	84.60
19	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	84.40
20	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	83.42
21	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	82.70
22	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	81.73
23	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	81.23
24	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.12
25	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	79.95
26	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	78.57
27	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	77.96
28	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.18
29	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	77.17
30	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	77.13
31	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	77.02
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.90
33	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	74.88
34	Bolivia`BOL`South America	74.71
35	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	74.62
36	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	74.47
37	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	74.01
38	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	73.83
39	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	73.55
40	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	72.82
41	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.64
42	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	72.60
43	Niger`NER`Western Africa	71.93
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	71.80
45	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	71.77
46	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	71.72
47	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	71.00
48	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	70.58
49	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	70.52
50	Peru`PER`South America	70.49
51	Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.37
52	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	69.60
53	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.33
54	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	69.13
55	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	68.93
56	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.88
57	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.62
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	68.54
59	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.79
60	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	67.72
61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.32
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.14
63	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	66.63
64	Paraguay`PRY`South America	65.89
65	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.44
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	65.31
67	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.30
68	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.23
69	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	65.08
70	Colombia`COL`South America	65.07
71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	64.67
72	United States`USA`Northern America	64.55
73	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	64.51
74	Honduras`HND`Central America	64.04
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.91
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.87
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.11
78	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.80
79	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.51
80	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	62.28
81	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.06
82	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	61.68
83	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	61.63
84	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	61.61
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.48
86	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	61.43
87	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	61.36
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	61.12
89	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.11
90	Chile`CHL`South America	61.05
91	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	60.80
92	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.60
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	60.57
94	Guyana`GUY`South America	60.39
95	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	60.23
96	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	59.36
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	59.14
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.84
99	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	58.55
100	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	58.10
101	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.98
102	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.31
103	Panama`PAN`Central America	57.27
104	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.06
105	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.88
106	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	56.78
107	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	56.67
108	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.02
109	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	55.89
110	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	55.02
111	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	54.75
112	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	54.24
113	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	54.21
114	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	54.15
115	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	54.00
116	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.95
117	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.60
118	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.00
119	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.66
120	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.40
121	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.53
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	51.45
123	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	51.40
124	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	51.36
125	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.35
126	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	51.22
127	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	51.20
128	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.19
129	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	50.11
130	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	49.94
131	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	49.85
132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.33
133	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.42
134	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	48.27
135	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	47.35
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	47.05
137	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	46.47
138	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.94
139	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	45.36
140	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	45.35
141	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	42.57
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	42.06
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	41.38
144	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.78
145	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	37.38
146	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	35.45
147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	33.66
148	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	30.73
149	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.20
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	22.70
151	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.00

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Armenia103.26
2Georgia102.03
3Palestine98.48
4Guinea-Bissau95.62
5Sierra Leone95.30

Lowest

151Venezuela0.00
150Qatar22.70
149Brunei26.20
148Iraq30.73
147Gabon33.66

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 63.87. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
149values changed, of 150 in both
70 · 79rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

DR Congo66.26 → 85.95+19.69
Papua New Guinea46.34 → 60.57+14.22
Zimbabwe63.40 → 73.55+10.15
Bhutan55.73 → 64.51+8.78
Ghana74.74 → 83.42+8.68

Fell most

Azerbaijan87.68 → 74.47−13.21
Kyrgyzstan82.10 → 68.93−13.18
Gambia93.44 → 82.70−10.73
Bahamas69.64 → 59.36−10.28
Bulgaria73.82 → 65.44−8.38

+ Turkmenistan

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

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Nothing missing
Every one of the 151 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (1997). Household Consumption, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1997

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