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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997

1997, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997 covers 182 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 1.13558; Iraq is lowest, at 0.07973. The middle country reads 0.32267. Against 1996, 182 values changed (87 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1997

HighestBermuda

1.13558

LowestIraq

0.07973

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, 1997, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 182 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.13558InterpolatedOutlier
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.95200InterpolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.92367InterpolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.89660InterpolatedRegular
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.85023InterpolatedOutlier
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.84830BenchmarkRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.84472BenchmarkRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.81750BenchmarkRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.81737BenchmarkRegular
LebanonLBNWestern Asia0.79033InterpolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.77488BenchmarkRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.74296BenchmarkRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean0.73604ExtrapolatedRegular
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.70642InterpolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.69754BenchmarkRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.69561InterpolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.69519BenchmarkRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.68781ExtrapolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.68478BenchmarkRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.66947BenchmarkRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.66881BenchmarkRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.66807BenchmarkRegular
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.66404ExtrapolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.66002InterpolatedRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.65836BenchmarkRegular

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda1.13558
  2. Syria0.95200
  3. Japan0.92367
  4. Singapore0.89660
  5. Nigeria0.85023

Lowest

  1. Iraq0.07973
  2. Equatorial Guinea0.09770
  3. Tajikistan0.12048
  4. Turkmenistan0.14645
  5. Vietnam0.15011

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.32267. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 182 in both
  • 87 · 95rose · 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 1997.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 182 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    GGDC marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Interpolated, Benchmark, 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) (1997). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1997

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997?

Bermuda, at 1.13558, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997 cover?

182.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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