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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972

1972, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972 covers 158 countries. Aruba is highest, at 0.55372; Brunei is lowest, at 0.01783. The middle country reads 0.12248. Against 1971, 158 values changed (143 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1972

HighestAruba

0.55372

LowestBrunei

0.01783

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, 1972, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 158 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
ArubaABWCaribbean0.55372ExtrapolatedRegular
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.54160ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.48620ExtrapolatedOutlier
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.42009ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.31556ExtrapolatedRegular
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia0.30322ExtrapolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America0.27559ExtrapolatedRegular
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe0.26938ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.25524ExtrapolatedRegular
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean0.24201ExtrapolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.22300ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.22193ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.21171ExtrapolatedRegular
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.21031ExtrapolatedRegular
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.20528ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.20225ExtrapolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.20045ExtrapolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.20001InterpolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.19613ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.19278ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.19256ExtrapolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.18848InterpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.18806ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.18797ExtrapolatedRegular
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.18343ExtrapolatedRegular

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Aruba0.55372
  2. Mozambique0.54160
  3. Guinea-Bissau0.48620
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands0.42009
  5. Argentina0.31556

Lowest

  1. Brunei0.01783
  2. Vietnam0.02385
  3. United Arab Emirates0.02804
  4. Oman0.03624
  5. Equatorial Guinea0.04367

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.12248. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 143 · 15rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Pakistan0.11799 → 0.06840−0.04959
  • Argentina0.34122 → 0.31556−0.02566
  • Uruguay0.10873 → 0.09138−0.01735
  • Aruba0.56867 → 0.55372−0.01495
  • Ghana0.15774 → 0.14391−0.01383

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 1972.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 158 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

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

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) (1972). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1972

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972?

Aruba, at 0.55372, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972 describe?

1972.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972 cover?

158.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1972?

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, 1972 the newest?

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

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