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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003

2003, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003 covers 182 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 1.200443; Burundi is lowest, at 0.127232. The middle country reads 0.339493. Against 2002, 182 values changed (145 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2003

HighestBermuda

1.200443

LowestBurundi

0.127232

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, 2003, 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, 2003: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.200443InterpolatedOutlier
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.970127BenchmarkRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.956477BenchmarkRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.948895BenchmarkRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.928361BenchmarkRegular
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa0.926407ExtrapolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.899274InterpolatedRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean0.881895ExtrapolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.847133BenchmarkRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.845590BenchmarkRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.833210ExtrapolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.830078BenchmarkRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.774147ExtrapolatedOutlier
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.736064BenchmarkRegular
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.720286BenchmarkRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.717596BenchmarkRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.717064BenchmarkRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.713224BenchmarkRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.712534BenchmarkRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.696225BenchmarkRegular
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.696168BenchmarkRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.684177InterpolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.671000InterpolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.662930InterpolatedRegular
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean0.627043InterpolatedRegular

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda1.200443
  2. Switzerland0.970127
  3. Norway0.956477
  4. Denmark0.948895
  5. Iceland0.928361

Lowest

  1. Burundi0.127232
  2. Tajikistan0.132161
  3. Myanmar0.133422
  4. Zimbabwe0.141597
  5. Kyrgyzstan0.146423

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.339493. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 182values changed, of 182 in both
  • 145 · 37rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Denmark0.738717 → 0.948895+0.210178
  • Iceland0.737698 → 0.928361+0.190664
  • France0.567272 → 0.736064+0.168791
  • Finland0.681448 → 0.847133+0.165685
  • Ireland0.682322 → 0.845590+0.163268

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 2003.

  • 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) (2003). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2003

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003?

Bermuda, at 1.200443, of the 182 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003 cover?

182.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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