Data for 2008

Household Consumption, 2008

Name: Household Consumption, 2008
Creator: World Bank Group
License: https://data.worldbank.org/summary-terms-of-use

2008, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Household Consumption, 2008 covers 174 countries. Zimbabwe is highest, at 119.409; Venezuela is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 61.973. Against 2007, 171 values changed (101 up, 70 down), 2 countries joined, 1 left.

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Household Consumption · Data for 2008

HighestZimbabwe

119.409

LowestVenezuela

0.000

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

174countries
1measure
2008the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by World Bank Group.
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1	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	119.409
2	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	113.914
3	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	111.560
4	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	100.907
5	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	99.490
6	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	97.801
7	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	94.940
8	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	94.232
9	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	93.142
10	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	93.121
11	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	92.649
12	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	92.591
13	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	92.539
14	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.301
15	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.740
16	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	90.026
17	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	89.601
18	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	89.593
19	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	89.432
20	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	88.967
21	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	88.717
22	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	88.139
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	86.045
24	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	85.490
25	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	83.911
26	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	82.742
27	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	82.629
28	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	82.073
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	82.054
30	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	82.019
31	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	81.180
32	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	80.413
33	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	80.280
34	Honduras`HND`Central America	79.918
35	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79.685
36	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79.520
37	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	79.064
38	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	78.605
39	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	77.699
40	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	76.635
41	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	76.112
42	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.086
43	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	75.737
44	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	75.632
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	75.328
46	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	75.292
47	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	74.290
48	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	73.633
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.570
50	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	73.509
51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	73.186
52	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	73.063
53	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	72.856
54	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	72.679
55	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	72.384
56	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	72.317
57	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.113
58	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	71.832
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	71.279
60	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	71.180
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.874
62	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.600
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	70.275
64	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	69.951
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	69.764
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	69.381
67	United States`USA`Northern America	68.045
68	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	66.755
69	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	66.292
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	66.222
71	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	66.120
72	Colombia`COL`South America	66.084
73	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	65.667
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.659
75	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	64.744
76	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	64.686
77	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	64.505
78	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	63.890
79	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	63.581
80	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	63.286
81	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	63.230
82	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.075
83	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	63.037
84	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	62.951
85	Peru`PER`South America	62.429
86	Bolivia`BOL`South America	62.224
87	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	62.058
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.888
89	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	61.855
90	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.372
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	61.290
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	61.255
93	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	61.140
94	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	60.621
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.466
96	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	60.117
97	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.039
98	Brazil`BRA`South America	59.731
99	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	59.661
100	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	59.517
101	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	59.208
102	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	59.018
103	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	58.383
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	58.315
105	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.260
106	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	58.211
107	Chile`CHL`South America	58.190
108	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.605
109	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	57.531
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	56.812
111	India`IND`Southern Asia	56.677
112	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	56.465
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	56.233
114	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	55.952
115	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	55.949
116	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	55.024
117	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	54.975
118	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.815
119	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	54.700
120	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	54.687
121	France`FRA`Western Europe	54.612
122	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.461
123	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.453
124	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	53.995
125	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	53.674
126	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	53.639
127	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	53.516
128	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	53.308
129	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	53.292
130	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	52.995
131	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	52.437
132	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	52.277
133	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	51.957
134	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	51.439
135	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	51.393
136	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	50.724
137	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	50.701
138	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	49.446
139	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	49.321
140	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	49.057
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	48.898
142	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	48.382
143	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	47.469
144	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	47.461
145	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	46.086
146	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	45.279
147	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	45.129
148	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	44.706
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	44.412
150	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	43.884
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	41.660
152	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.142
153	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	39.951
154	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	39.131
155	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	38.528
156	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	37.301
157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	35.542
158	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	34.487
159	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	34.155
160	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	33.436
161	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	32.090
162	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	31.263
163	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	30.431
164	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	29.371
165	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.138
166	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	28.093
167	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	27.079
168	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	27.056
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	26.880
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	21.261
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.044
172	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	15.414
173	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	11.246
174	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.000

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Zimbabwe119.409
2São Tomé and Príncipe113.914
3Tajikistan111.560
4Palestine100.907
5Tonga99.490

Lowest

174Venezuela0.000
173Brunei11.246
172Qatar15.414
171Equatorial Guinea16.044
170Libya21.261

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 61.973. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −1countries joined / left
171values changed, of 172 in both
101 · 70rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Zimbabwe98.281 → 119.409+21.128
Seychelles36.776 → 56.812+20.036
Mongolia48.607 → 56.233+7.626
New Caledonia56.905 → 64.505+7.599
United States Virgin Islands47.659 → 54.453+6.794

Fell most

Timor-Leste84.911 → 73.633−11.278
Lesotho96.621 → 88.967−7.654
Iraq38.547 → 31.263−7.284
Guinea93.821 → 88.717−5.104
Uganda78.265 → 73.509−4.756

+ São Tomé and Príncipe

+ Kosovo

− Jordan

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 2008.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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World Bank Group (2008). Household Consumption, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/2008

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