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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973

1973, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973 covers 158 countries. Mozambique is highest, at 0.616040; Vietnam is lowest, at 0.025416. The middle country reads 0.137877. Against 1972, 158 values changed (152 up, 6 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1973

HighestMozambique

0.616040

LowestVietnam

0.025416

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, 1973, 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, 1973: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.616040ExtrapolatedOutlier
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.598702ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArubaABWCaribbean0.540225ExtrapolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.432149ExtrapolatedOutlier
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia0.366759ExtrapolatedRegular
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.324737ExtrapolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America0.314147ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.302426ExtrapolatedRegular
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean0.285286ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.275254ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.270852ExtrapolatedRegular
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe0.269261ExtrapolatedRegular
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa0.259871ExtrapolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.259576ExtrapolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.250432InterpolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.238663ExtrapolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.238395ExtrapolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.237416ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.236890ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.234554ExtrapolatedRegular
CyprusCYPWestern Asia0.225327ExtrapolatedRegular
ChileCHLSouth America0.225215ExtrapolatedRegular
RomaniaROUEastern Europe0.224149ExtrapolatedRegular
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe0.222267ExtrapolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.219878InterpolatedRegular

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Mozambique0.616040
  2. Guinea-Bissau0.598702
  3. Aruba0.540225
  4. Turks and Caicos Islands0.432149
  5. Maldives0.366759

Lowest

  1. Vietnam0.025416
  2. Brunei0.026295
  3. United Arab Emirates0.047961
  4. Oman0.053907
  5. Equatorial Guinea0.058930

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.137877. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 152 · 6rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Ghana0.143913 → 0.123006−0.020908
  • Aruba0.553720 → 0.540225−0.013495
  • Malawi0.126572 → 0.116126−0.010447
  • Bolivia0.144793 → 0.134671−0.010121
  • Nepal0.131800 → 0.124056−0.007744

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 1973.

  • 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) (1973). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1973

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973?

Mozambique, at 0.616040, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973 describe?

1973.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973 cover?

158.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1973?

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, 1973 the newest?

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

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