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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966

1966, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966 covers 114 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 0.412467; Rwanda is lowest, at 0.036269. The middle country reads 0.094450. Against 1965, 114 values changed (86 up, 28 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1966

HighestMozambique

0.412467

LowestRwanda

0.036269

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, 1966, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 114 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.412467ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.346597ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.255867ExtrapolatedOutlier
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.191247ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.189928ExtrapolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.183409ExtrapolatedRegular
GhanaGHAWestern Africa0.174357ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.173282ExtrapolatedRegular
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.172378ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.171559ExtrapolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.167496ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.162420ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.156211ExtrapolatedRegular
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.155107ExtrapolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.145982ExtrapolatedRegular
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa0.145339ExtrapolatedRegular
SenegalSENWestern Africa0.143071ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.143050ExtrapolatedRegular
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.142884ExtrapolatedRegular
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.139819ExtrapolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.137564ExtrapolatedRegular
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa0.137527ExtrapolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.136838ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.135887ExtrapolatedRegular
PanamaPANCentral America0.135117ExtrapolatedRegular

02In 1966

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mozambique0.412467
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.346597
  3. Argentina0.255867
  4. Cyprus0.191247
  5. Iceland0.189928

Lowest

  1. Rwanda0.036269
  2. Uganda0.040649
  3. Mauritius0.043978
  4. Bangladesh0.044064
  5. Equatorial Guinea0.044621

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.094450. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031965 → 1966

Since 1965

What changed between 1965 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 114values changed, of 114 in both
  • 86 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 1966.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 114 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) (1966). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966 [data set], describing 1966. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1966

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966?

Mozambique, at 0.412467, of the 114 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966 describe?

1966.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966 cover?

114.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1966?

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, 1966 the newest?

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

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