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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962

1962, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962 covers 113 countries. Mauritania is highest, at 0.38850; Equatorial Guinea is lowest, at 0.02706. The middle country reads 0.08582. Against 1961, 112 values changed (79 up, 33 down), 1 country joined.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1962

HighestMauritania

0.38850

LowestEquatorial Guinea

0.02706

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 113 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.38850ExtrapolatedRegular
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.37958ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.31588ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.25804ExtrapolatedOutlier
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.19511ExtrapolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.17916ExtrapolatedOutlier
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.16897ExtrapolatedRegular
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.15732ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.15705ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.15341ExtrapolatedRegular
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.14335ExtrapolatedRegular
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.14266ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.14195ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.14044ExtrapolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.13572ExtrapolatedRegular
BoliviaBOLSouth America0.13531ExtrapolatedRegular
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.13495ExtrapolatedRegular
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.13406ExtrapolatedRegular
PanamaPANCentral America0.12849ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.12798ExtrapolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.12420ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.12366ExtrapolatedRegular
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa0.12260ExtrapolatedRegular
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.12235ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.12222ExtrapolatedRegular

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mauritania0.38850
  2. Mozambique0.37958
  3. Guinea-Bissau0.31588
  4. Argentina0.25804
  5. Cyprus0.19511

Lowest

  1. Equatorial Guinea0.02706
  2. Rwanda0.03269
  3. Uganda0.03346
  4. Bangladesh0.03608
  5. Chad0.04030

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.08582. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 112values changed, of 112 in both
  • 79 · 33rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Myanmar

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.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from GGDC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1962.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 113 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    GGDC marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Extrapolated.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC) (1962). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1962

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962?

Mauritania, at 0.38850, of the 113 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962 describe?

1962.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962 cover?

113.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Price Level of Household Consumption, 1962 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Price Level of Household Consumption, 2023.

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