Data for 2018
Household Consumption, 2018
2018, as World Bank Group’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Household Consumption, 2018 covers 179 countries. Yemen is highest, at 123.398; Brunei is lowest, at 19.533. The middle country reads 64.005. Against 2017, 179 values changed (69 up, 110 down), the same countries are covered.
Household Consumption · Data for 2018
HighestYemen
123.398LowestBrunei
19.533Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Household Consumption, 2018, as published. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 179 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | YEMWestern Asia | 123.398 |
| 2 | SOMEastern Africa | 123.003 |
| 3 | STPMiddle Africa | 109.334 |
| 4 | TONPolynesia | 99.815 |
| 5 | HTICaribbean | 98.992 |
| 6 | SYRWestern Asia | 95.831 |
| 7 | CAFMiddle Africa | 93.700 |
| 8 | SLEWestern Africa | 92.769 |
| 9 | COMEastern Africa | 92.080 |
| 10 | SDNNorthern Africa | 90.015 |
| 11 | LBNWestern Asia | 88.924 |
| 12 | PSEWestern Asia | 88.889 |
| 13 | GMBWestern Africa | 88.499 |
| 14 | GTMCentral America | 85.762 |
| 15 | KIRMicronesia | 85.377 |
| 16 | LSOSouthern Africa | 85.258 |
| 17 | MDAEastern Europe | 85.181 |
| 18 | SLVCentral America | 83.284 |
| 19 | KGZCentral Asia | 82.486 |
| 20 | PAKSouthern Asia | 82.401 |
| 21 | EGYNorthern Africa | 81.375 |
| 22 | HNDCentral America | 80.607 |
| 23 | XKXSouthern Europe | 79.811 |
| 24 | ARMWestern Asia | 79.801 |
| 25 | ZWEEastern Africa | 77.700 |
| 26 | NPLSouthern Asia | 77.147 |
| 27 | KENEastern Africa | 77.103 |
| 28 | TGOWestern Africa | 76.575 |
| 29 | TJKCentral Asia | 76.415 |
| 30 | ASMPolynesia | 76.213 |
| 31 | MWIEastern Africa | 75.234 |
| 32 | MHLMicronesia | 75.184 |
| 33 | BIHSouthern Europe | 74.899 |
| 34 | VUTMelanesia | 74.711 |
| 35 | ALBSouthern Europe | 74.474 |
| 36 | PLWMicronesia | 73.721 |
| 37 | GINWestern Africa | 73.541 |
| 38 | MNESouthern Europe | 73.383 |
| 39 | CUWCaribbean | 73.230 |
| 40 | RWAEastern Africa | 72.878 |
| 41 | PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 72.543 |
| 42 | UGAEastern Africa | 72.303 |
| 43 | MLIWestern Africa | 72.244 |
| 44 | GHAWestern Africa | 72.235 |
| 45 | MDGEastern Africa | 72.020 |
| 46 | CMRMiddle Africa | 71.657 |
| 47 | TUNNorthern Africa | 71.549 |
| 48 | MUSEastern Africa | 71.385 |
| 49 | BDIEastern Africa | 71.330 |
| 50 | KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 70.775 |
| 51 | NICCentral America | 70.553 |
| 52 | BENWestern Africa | 70.450 |
| 53 | NAMSouthern Africa | 69.665 |
| 54 | ARGSouth America | 69.470 |
| 55 | SENWestern Africa | 69.459 |
| 56 | UKREastern Europe | 69.369 |
| 57 | GEOWestern Asia | 69.242 |
| 58 | GRCSouthern Europe | 69.239 |
| 59 | DOMCaribbean | 69.001 |
| 60 | GNBWestern Africa | 68.870 |
| 61 | CPVWestern Africa | 68.520 |
| 62 | CIVWestern Africa | 68.349 |
| 63 | HKGEastern Asia | 68.294 |
| 64 | COLSouth America | 68.118 |
| 65 | VIRCaribbean | 67.729 |
| 66 | SRBSouthern Europe | 67.728 |
| 67 | BGDSouthern Asia | 67.590 |
| 68 | WSMPolynesia | 67.558 |
| 69 | USANorthern America | 67.458 |
| 70 | NERWestern Africa | 67.406 |
| 71 | MEXCentral America | 67.391 |
| 72 | SYCEastern Africa | 66.742 |
| 73 | TLSSouth-eastern Asia | 66.353 |
| 74 | FJIMelanesia | 66.297 |
| 75 | BOLSouth America | 66.108 |
| 76 | BHSCaribbean | 66.070 |
| 77 | MKDSouthern Europe | 65.853 |
| 78 | MOZEastern Africa | 65.837 |
| 79 | ETHEastern Africa | 65.664 |
| 80 | CRICentral America | 65.158 |
| 81 | TCDMiddle Africa | 64.967 |
| 82 | CYPWestern Asia | 64.947 |
| 83 | PYFPolynesia | 64.872 |
| 84 | BRASouth America | 64.616 |
| 85 | PRICaribbean | 64.539 |
| 86 | UZBCentral Asia | 64.364 |
| 87 | BFAWestern Africa | 64.279 |
| 88 | NCLMelanesia | 64.087 |
| 89 | PRYSouth America | 64.060 |
| 90 | GBRNorthern Europe | 64.005 |
| 91 | ZAFSouthern Africa | 63.969 |
| 92 | PRTSouthern Europe | 63.895 |
| 93 | PERSouth America | 63.858 |
| 94 | ROUEastern Europe | 63.739 |
| 95 | DJIEastern Africa | 63.022 |
| 96 | ECUSouth America | 62.824 |
| 97 | CHLSouth America | 62.059 |
| 98 | BLZCentral America | 61.930 |
| 99 | LKASouthern Asia | 60.251 |
| 100 | SWZSouthern Africa | 60.193 |
| 101 | ITASouthern Europe | 60.102 |
| 102 | TZAEastern Africa | 59.878 |
| 103 | BGREastern Europe | 59.683 |
| 104 | LTUNorthern Europe | 59.561 |
| 105 | GUMMicronesia | 59.560 |
| 106 | CODMiddle Africa | 59.495 |
| 107 | MARNorthern Africa | 59.463 |
| 108 | SLBMelanesia | 59.294 |
| 109 | INDSouthern Asia | 59.288 |
| 110 | POLEastern Europe | 59.064 |
| 111 | LVANorthern Europe | 58.421 |
| 112 | ESPSouthern Europe | 58.103 |
| 113 | MNGEastern Asia | 57.955 |
| 114 | CANNorthern America | 57.887 |
| 115 | NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 57.712 |
| 116 | MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 57.426 |
| 117 | VNMSouth-eastern Asia | 57.077 |
| 118 | IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 56.980 |
| 119 | HRVSouthern Europe | 56.698 |
| 120 | MRTWestern Africa | 56.540 |
| 121 | ABWCaribbean | 56.534 |
| 122 | CUBCaribbean | 55.959 |
| 123 | SVKEastern Europe | 55.653 |
| 124 | AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 55.451 |
| 125 | FRAWestern Europe | 54.510 |
| 126 | AZEWestern Asia | 54.141 |
| 127 | JPNEastern Asia | 53.740 |
| 128 | BLREastern Europe | 53.553 |
| 129 | TURWestern Asia | 53.516 |
| 130 | ISRWestern Asia | 52.705 |
| 131 | DEUWestern Europe | 52.664 |
| 132 | BELWestern Europe | 52.608 |
| 133 | MNPMicronesia | 52.114 |
| 134 | KAZCentral Asia | 52.098 |
| 135 | FINNorthern Europe | 52.085 |
| 136 | AGOMiddle Africa | 51.514 |
| 137 | SVNSouthern Europe | 51.507 |
| 138 | AUTWestern Europe | 51.443 |
| 139 | CHEWestern Europe | 51.248 |
| 140 | ESTNorthern Europe | 51.058 |
| 141 | RUSEastern Europe | 50.366 |
| 142 | ISLNorthern Europe | 49.522 |
| 143 | KOREastern Asia | 49.414 |
| 144 | PANCentral America | 49.258 |
| 145 | HUNEastern Europe | 49.208 |
| 146 | CZEEastern Europe | 49.030 |
| 147 | THASouth-eastern Asia | 48.889 |
| 148 | BTNSouthern Asia | 48.850 |
| 149 | BMUNorthern America | 48.776 |
| 150 | GNQMiddle Africa | 48.387 |
| 151 | DNKNorthern Europe | 47.859 |
| 152 | SWENorthern Europe | 46.800 |
| 153 | IRNSouthern Asia | 46.696 |
| 154 | MDVSouthern Asia | 46.144 |
| 155 | MLTSouthern Europe | 45.719 |
| 156 | NORNorthern Europe | 45.090 |
| 157 | ZMBEastern Africa | 44.898 |
| 158 | NLDWestern Europe | 44.749 |
| 159 | IRQWestern Asia | 43.538 |
| 160 | BWASouthern Africa | 43.467 |
| 161 | FRONorthern Europe | 43.122 |
| 162 | SAUWestern Asia | 42.519 |
| 163 | DZANorthern Africa | 41.729 |
| 164 | BHRWestern Asia | 41.525 |
| 165 | KWTWestern Asia | 39.635 |
| 166 | CHNEastern Asia | 38.943 |
| 167 | GABMiddle Africa | 38.614 |
| 168 | AREWestern Asia | 36.707 |
| 169 | SMRSouthern Europe | 36.272 |
| 170 | GRLNorthern America | 35.984 |
| 171 | OMNWestern Asia | 34.803 |
| 172 | SGPSouth-eastern Asia | 34.614 |
| 173 | LBYNorthern Africa | 34.082 |
| 174 | LUXWestern Europe | 33.658 |
| 175 | COGMiddle Africa | 33.131 |
| 176 | IRLNorthern Europe | 30.180 |
| 177 | MACEastern Asia | 24.124 |
| 178 | QATWestern Asia | 22.055 |
| 179 | BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 19.533 |
02In 2018
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1
Yemen123.398
- 2
Somalia123.003
- 3
São Tomé and Príncipe109.334
- 4
Tonga99.815
- 5
Haiti98.992
Lowest
- 179
Brunei19.533
- 178
Qatar22.055
- 177
Macau24.124
- 176
Ireland30.180
- 175
Republic of the Congo33.131
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 64.005. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032017 → 2018
Since 2017
What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 179values changed, of 179 in both
- 69 · 110rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Sierra Leone80.014 → 92.769+12.756
Central African Republic82.956 → 93.700+10.744
Northern Mariana Islands41.923 → 52.114+10.191
Yemen115.517 → 123.398+7.880
Sudan82.515 → 90.015+7.500
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
Read before you use
What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.
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 2018.
The position is ours
World Bank Group publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 179 countries has every column.
05The files
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World Bank Group (2018). Household Consumption, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/household-consumption/2018
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07Questions
Household Consumption, 2018: questions and answers
Which country has the highest household consumption in Household Consumption, 2018?
Yemen, at 123.398, of the 179 countries in the file.
What year does Household Consumption, 2018 describe?
2018.
How many countries does Household Consumption, 2018 cover?
179.
Where can I download Household Consumption, 2018?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Household Consumption, 2018 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Household Consumption, 2025.