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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982

1982, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982 covers 158 countries. Syria is highest, at 0.76124; Vietnam is lowest, at 0.03389. The middle country reads 0.28671. Against 1981, 158 values changed (85 up, 73 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1982

HighestSyria

0.76124

LowestVietnam

0.03389

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, 1982, 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, 1982: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.76124InterpolatedRegular
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.69948InterpolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America0.67109ExtrapolatedOutlier
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.59332ExtrapolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.56607InterpolatedRegular
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia0.56497ExtrapolatedRegular
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa0.55546ExtrapolatedOutlier
ArgentinaARGSouth America0.55177InterpolatedRegular
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa0.53942InterpolatedRegular
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.52670InterpolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.52594ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.52069InterpolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.50222ExtrapolatedOutlier
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.47391ExtrapolatedRegular
LebanonLBNWestern Asia0.47109ExtrapolatedRegular
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa0.47055InterpolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.46690ExtrapolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.45158InterpolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.44811ExtrapolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.44762InterpolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.44640ExtrapolatedRegular
JordanJORWestern Asia0.44233ExtrapolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.44176ExtrapolatedRegular
VenezuelaVENSouth America0.43215InterpolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.42383InterpolatedRegular

02In 1982

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Syria0.76124
  2. Iran0.69948
  3. Bermuda0.67109
  4. Bahrain0.59332
  5. Norway0.56607

Lowest

  1. Vietnam0.03389
  2. Equatorial Guinea0.10750
  3. Sudan0.11418
  4. Guinea0.13011
  5. Bangladesh0.13032

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.28671. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031981 → 1982

Since 1981

What changed between 1981 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 85 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Iran0.59122 → 0.69948+0.10826
  • Bahamas0.34284 → 0.44176+0.09892
  • Syria0.70123 → 0.76124+0.06001
  • Nigeria0.46974 → 0.52670+0.05695
  • Venezuela0.37840 → 0.43215+0.05374

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 1982.

  • 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: Interpolated, 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) (1982). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982 [data set], describing 1982. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1982

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982?

Syria, at 0.76124, of the 158 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982 describe?

1982.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982 cover?

158.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1982?

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, 1982 the newest?

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

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