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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002

2002, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002 covers 182 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 1.192087; Tajikistan is lowest, at 0.123041. The middle country reads 0.309761. Against 2001, 182 values changed (116 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2002

HighestBermuda

1.192087

LowestTajikistan

0.123041

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, 2002, 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, 2002: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.192087InterpolatedOutlier
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean0.863789ExtrapolatedRegular
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.844731ExtrapolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.841145BenchmarkRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.831433BenchmarkRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.809180BenchmarkRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.800905ExtrapolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.754358ExtrapolatedOutlier
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.738717BenchmarkRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.737698BenchmarkRegular
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa0.705808InterpolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.683570InterpolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.682322BenchmarkRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.681448BenchmarkRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.668969BenchmarkRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.667206BenchmarkRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.650082InterpolatedRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.638289BenchmarkRegular
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.603200InterpolatedRegular
GrenadaGRDCaribbean0.602650InterpolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.585807BenchmarkRegular
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia0.584964InterpolatedRegular
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia0.580479InterpolatedRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.578868BenchmarkRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.569331BenchmarkRegular

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda1.192087
  2. Cayman Islands0.863789
  3. Seychelles0.844731
  4. Japan0.841145
  5. Norway0.831433

Lowest

  1. Tajikistan0.123041
  2. Zimbabwe0.123229
  3. Kyrgyzstan0.129561
  4. Burundi0.134154
  5. Iraq0.139775

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.309761. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 182 in both
  • 116 · 66rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Argentina0.571189 → 0.227170−0.344019
  • Uruguay0.534169 → 0.373798−0.160371
  • Venezuela0.606969 → 0.458059−0.148909
  • Syria0.725040 → 0.603200−0.121839
  • Seychelles0.930531 → 0.844731−0.085801

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 2002.

  • 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, Extrapolated, Benchmark.

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) (2002). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2002

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002?

Bermuda, at 1.192087, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002 cover?

182.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2002?

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, 2002 the newest?

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

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