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Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998

1998, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998 covers 182 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 1.15340; Iraq is lowest, at 0.07623. The middle country reads 0.32082. Against 1997, 182 values changed (87 up, 95 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 1998

HighestBermuda

1.15340

LowestIraq

0.07623

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, 1998, 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, 1998: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.15340InterpolatedOutlier
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.89971InterpolatedOutlier
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.88652InterpolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.86321InterpolatedRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.83468BenchmarkRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.79489BenchmarkRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.78866BenchmarkRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.77360BenchmarkRegular
LebanonLBNWestern Asia0.75685InterpolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.75386InterpolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.75336BenchmarkRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean0.74938ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.74702BenchmarkRegular
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.74286ExtrapolatedRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.72539ExtrapolatedRegular
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.70885InterpolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.70223InterpolatedRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.68318BenchmarkRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.67351BenchmarkRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.66627BenchmarkRegular
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa0.66355ExtrapolatedRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.65484BenchmarkRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.65445BenchmarkRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.65059ExtrapolatedOutlier
BahrainBHRWestern Asia0.64727InterpolatedRegular

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda1.15340
  2. Nigeria0.89971
  3. Syria0.88652
  4. Japan0.86321
  5. Switzerland0.83468

Lowest

  1. Iraq0.07623
  2. Equatorial Guinea0.10267
  3. Zimbabwe0.11280
  4. Indonesia0.11836
  5. Myanmar0.12799

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.32082. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 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 1998.

  • 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) (1998). Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/1998

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998?

Bermuda, at 1.15340, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998 cover?

182.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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