Data for 1999

Household Consumption, 1999

Name: Household Consumption, 1999
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

1999, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 1999 covers 153 countries. Guinea-Bissau is highest, at 97.1168; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.0000. The middle country reads 64.6801. Against 1998, 152 values changed (68 up, 84 down), the same countries are covered.

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Household Consumption · Data for 1999

HighestGuinea-Bissau

97.1168

LowestVenezuela

0.0000

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

153countries
1measure
1999the 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	97.1168
2	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	96.0447
3	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	94.3997
4	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	94.2731
5	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	93.2538
6	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	89.8333
7	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	89.1919
8	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	88.9971
9	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	87.2616
10	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	85.8423
11	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	85.8271
12	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	85.7045
13	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	84.9253
14	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	84.6750
15	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	84.3434
16	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	83.5310
17	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	83.3213
18	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	82.9119
19	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	82.3848
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	81.9997
21	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	81.5297
22	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.1547
23	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	79.2444
24	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	79.1822
25	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	78.7056
26	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	78.6661
27	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	78.5800
28	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	77.6469
29	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	77.4609
30	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	77.0000
31	Bolivia`BOL`South America	76.8367
32	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.2327
33	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.1686
34	Uruguay`URY`South America	75.9245
35	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	75.7755
36	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	75.7589
37	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	75.6879
38	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	75.4656
39	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	75.0325
40	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	74.9287
41	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	74.8198
42	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	74.6838
43	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	73.9438
44	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.1797
45	Niger`NER`Western Africa	72.8878
46	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	72.4102
47	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	72.3213
48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	72.2998
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	72.2822
50	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	72.2272
51	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	71.5871
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	71.3437
53	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	70.3054
54	Peru`PER`South America	70.2018
55	Argentina`ARG`South America	70.1423
56	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	69.7688
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	69.6471
58	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	69.5428
59	Honduras`HND`Central America	69.3447
60	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	69.2109
61	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	68.9292
62	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	68.8287
63	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	68.6482
64	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	68.3378
65	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	68.0560
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	67.7529
67	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	67.4116
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	66.5601
69	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	66.1598
70	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	66.0471
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.8014
72	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	65.7783
73	United States`USA`Northern America	65.2440
74	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	65.2187
75	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.1252
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	65.0502
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	64.6801
78	Colombia`COL`South America	64.4154
79	Guyana`GUY`South America	64.0684
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	64.0095
81	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	63.9182
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	63.4053
83	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	63.3155
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	63.1082
85	Chile`CHL`South America	62.8747
86	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.5979
87	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	62.5618
88	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	62.0121
89	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.7215
90	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	61.3544
91	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	61.3253
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.0524
93	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.6616
94	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.2437
95	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.1278
96	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.9066
97	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	59.6445
98	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	58.9902
99	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.7957
100	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	58.6433
101	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	58.4819
102	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	58.0437
103	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	58.0137
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.9848
105	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.6393
106	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	57.3538
107	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	57.2017
108	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	57.0995
109	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	56.4530
110	Canada`CAN`Northern America	56.2477
111	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	56.1804
112	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	56.0792
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	54.6459
114	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	54.2166
115	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.6506
116	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	53.5429
117	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	53.4104
118	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	53.3556
119	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	53.2860
120	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	53.2121
121	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.1886
122	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53.0155
123	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	52.6964
124	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.0844
125	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	52.0813
126	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	52.0728
127	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	52.0726
128	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	51.9455
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	51.5940
130	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	51.0248
131	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	50.7022
132	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	50.2693
133	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	49.2202
134	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	48.8494
135	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	48.7817
136	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	48.6946
137	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.9289
138	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	47.6183
139	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	47.4520
140	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	46.4536
141	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.2320
142	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	42.7872
143	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	42.0742
144	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	41.8997
145	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	41.5897
146	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	41.5794
147	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	41.3731
148	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	36.9160
149	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	32.7072
150	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	25.1552
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.1146
152	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.2741
153	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.0000

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Guinea-Bissau97.1168
2Armenia96.0447
3Palestine94.3997
4Sierra Leone94.2731
5Chad93.2538

Lowest

153Venezuela0.0000
152Iraq18.2741
151Qatar21.1146
150Brunei25.1552
149Botswana32.7072

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.6801. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
152values changed, of 153 in both
68 · 84rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Burkina Faso68.8517 → 89.1919+20.3403
Bulgaria56.1087 → 65.1252+9.0165
Benin74.1371 → 81.9997+7.8626
Ghana79.4233 → 85.7045+6.2813
Indonesia67.7815 → 73.9438+6.1623

Fell most

Iraq31.8340 → 18.2741−13.5600
Libya63.3496 → 51.0248−12.3247
Yemen80.6511 → 68.8287−11.8224
Eritrea80.6393 → 69.5428−11.0965
Kyrgyzstan88.2442 → 77.6469−10.5973

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 1999.
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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World Bank Group (1999). Household Consumption, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/1999

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