Data for 1998

Household Consumption, 1998

Name: Household Consumption, 1998
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1998, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1998 covers 153 countries. Armenia is highest, at 99.8580; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 64.1423. Against 1997, 150 values changed (84 up, 66 down), 2 countries joined.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1998

HighestArmenia

99.8580

LowestVenezuela

0.0000

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

153countries
1measure
1998the year it describes
153distinct 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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	99.8580
2	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	95.8307
3	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	95.6229
4	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	94.0005
5	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	93.5823
6	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	92.9654
7	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	92.8989
8	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	90.9774
9	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	90.2516
10	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.9971
11	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	88.4203
12	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.2442
13	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.5275
14	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	85.2580
15	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	85.0075
16	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	84.6972
17	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	84.1803
18	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	84.1215
19	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	83.2627
20	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	82.0911
21	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	81.6346
22	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	81.6210
23	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	81.1038
24	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	80.6511
25	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	80.6393
26	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	80.0035
27	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	79.4233
28	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	78.8007
29	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	77.6940
30	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	77.5610
31	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	77.5322
32	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	77.4062
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	76.9140
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	76.6875
35	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	76.4396
36	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.2386
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	76.1810
38	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	76.1683
39	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.5732
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	75.2459
41	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75.0584
42	Uruguay`URY`South America	74.5646
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	74.1371
44	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	73.2985
45	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	73.2739
46	Ecuador`ECU`South America	72.5226
47	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.5086
48	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	72.4942
49	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	72.0668
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.0530
51	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	71.9292
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.9003
53	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	71.6923
54	Peru`PER`South America	71.3610
55	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.8889
56	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	70.8011
57	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	70.2743
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	70.2415
59	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.3252
60	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.0629
61	Argentina`ARG`South America	69.0534
62	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	68.8517
63	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.7203
64	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	68.6164
65	Belize`BLZ`Central America	68.1131
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.0695
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	67.7815
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.6802
69	Colombia`COL`South America	65.8592
70	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	65.7825
71	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.5753
72	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.1926
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	65.0875
74	United States`USA`Northern America	64.8501
75	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.6195
76	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	64.4527
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.1423
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	63.8087
79	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	63.3496
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	63.1611
81	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	63.1232
82	Chile`CHL`South America	63.1227
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.0487
84	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.3698
85	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	62.3444
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.9662
87	Paraguay`PRY`South America	61.9237
88	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	61.7823
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.5942
90	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.5486
91	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	61.4402
92	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	61.4353
93	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.6482
94	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	60.5337
95	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	60.4910
96	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	60.3037
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.7089
98	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.1504
99	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	59.1282
100	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	58.8912
101	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	58.8114
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.5221
103	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	58.2824
104	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	57.9245
105	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	57.8467
106	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	57.4683
107	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	57.3819
108	Canada`CAN`Northern America	57.0834
109	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.0450
110	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	56.8489
111	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	56.8337
112	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	56.5549
113	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	56.3350
114	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	56.1087
115	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.5040
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	54.9973
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	54.6094
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.1935
119	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.9064
120	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53.8004
121	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.9169
122	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.5955
123	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	52.2016
124	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	52.1326
125	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	51.8446
126	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	51.8229
127	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	51.6751
128	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	51.0233
129	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	50.4652
130	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.4009
131	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	50.3187
132	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	50.2123
133	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	50.1758
134	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	49.5926
135	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	49.1011
136	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	48.9754
137	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	48.9078
138	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	48.5698
139	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	47.7642
140	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.6277
141	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.6063
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	45.6785
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	45.5649
144	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	45.5340
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	45.4696
146	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	43.5855
147	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.5608
148	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.4524
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	36.9132
150	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.8340
151	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29.3867
152	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	25.3148
153	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.0000

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Armenia99.8580
2Palestine95.8307
3Cambodia95.6229
4Tonga94.0005
5Guinea-Bissau93.5823

Lowest

153Venezuela0.0000
152Qatar25.3148
151Brunei29.3867
150Iraq31.8340
149Botswana36.9132

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.1423. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
150values changed, of 151 in both
84 · 66rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Tajikistan54.1545 → 81.6346+27.4802
Vanuatu55.0212 → 76.1683+21.1471
Kyrgyzstan68.9275 → 88.2442+19.3166
Tanzania58.0961 → 77.4062+19.3100
Gabon33.6556 → 46.6063+12.9508

Fell most

Georgia102.0305 → 84.1215−17.9090
Eritrea94.9812 → 80.6393−14.3419
Mauritania84.5970 → 71.9292−12.6678
Bulgaria65.4408 → 56.1087−9.3321
Fiji61.4296 → 52.5955−8.8341

+ Faroe Islands

+ 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 1998.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 153 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

World Bank Group (1998). Household Consumption, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1998

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