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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989

1989, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989 covers 159 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 0.93032; Vietnam is lowest, at 0.06582. The middle country reads 0.32544. Against 1988, 158 values changed (85 up, 73 down), 1 country joined.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1989

HighestBermuda

0.93032

LowestVietnam

0.06582

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, 1989, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 159 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America0.93032ExtrapolatedOutlier
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.87372InterpolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.85249InterpolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.82357InterpolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.77935InterpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.72254InterpolatedRegular
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa0.69282InterpolatedRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.68849ExtrapolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.68218ExtrapolatedRegular
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.62706InterpolatedRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.61841InterpolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.61110ExtrapolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.60992InterpolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.60464InterpolatedRegular
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.59274ExtrapolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.59209ExtrapolatedRegular
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.58385ExtrapolatedRegular
IranIRNSouthern Asia0.57687InterpolatedRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.57650InterpolatedRegular
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.56545InterpolatedRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean0.56482ExtrapolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.56479InterpolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.56170ExtrapolatedOutlier
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.55607InterpolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.55482InterpolatedRegular

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda0.93032
  2. Japan0.87372
  3. Finland0.85249
  4. Norway0.82357
  5. Sweden0.77935

Lowest

  1. Vietnam0.06582
  2. Guinea0.15121
  3. Myanmar0.15124
  4. Equatorial Guinea0.15153
  5. Sri Lanka0.16476

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.32544. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 158values changed, of 158 in both
  • 85 · 73rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Yemen

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 1989.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 159 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) (1989). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1989

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989?

Bermuda, at 0.93032, of the 159 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989 describe?

1989.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989 cover?

159.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1989?

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, 1989 the newest?

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

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