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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008

2008, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008 covers 185 countries. Norway is highest, at 1.322339; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.188074. The middle country reads 0.464357. Against 2007, 184 values changed (167 up, 17 down), 1 country joined.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2008

HighestNorway

1.322339

LowestMyanmar

0.188074

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, 2008, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 185 countries · select a heading to sort

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.322339BenchmarkRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.316118InterpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.306813BenchmarkRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.214044BenchmarkRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.205639BenchmarkRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.127035BenchmarkRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.113524BenchmarkRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.096007BenchmarkRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.060257BenchmarkRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.039103ExtrapolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.036746BenchmarkRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.033933BenchmarkRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean1.002700ExtrapolatedRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.987938BenchmarkRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.986057BenchmarkRegular
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.972050BenchmarkRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.969671BenchmarkRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.966893BenchmarkRegular
South SudanSSDEastern Africa0.963064ExtrapolatedRegular
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.956754BenchmarkRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.944388BenchmarkRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.940903BenchmarkRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.938134ExtrapolatedOutlier
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.920585BenchmarkRegular
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.890435BenchmarkRegular

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Norway1.322339
  2. Bermuda1.316118
  3. Denmark1.306813
  4. Ireland1.214044
  5. Switzerland1.205639

Lowest

  1. Myanmar0.188074
  2. Pakistan0.216781
  3. Egypt0.226909
  4. India0.240864
  5. Nepal0.245998

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.464357. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 184values changed, of 184 in both
  • 167 · 17rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Czechia0.548193 → 0.719218+0.171025
  • Israel0.758022 → 0.920585+0.162563
  • Zimbabwe0.334174 → 0.473236+0.139062
  • Ireland1.094664 → 1.214044+0.119380
  • Latvia0.583328 → 0.697290+0.113962

Fell most

+ South Sudan

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 2008.

  • Which end is better

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

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 185 countries has every column.

  • Some readings carry a flag

    GGDC marks readings it considers estimates or provisional. The flags in this file: Benchmark, Interpolated, 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) (2008). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2008

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008?

Norway, at 1.322339, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008 cover?

185.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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