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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009

2009, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009 covers 185 countries. Bermuda is highest, at 1.31679; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.20366. The middle country reads 0.43776. Against 2008, 185 values changed (43 up, 142 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2009

HighestBermuda

1.31679

LowestPakistan

0.20366

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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.31679InterpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.23192BenchmarkRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.20661BenchmarkRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.18677BenchmarkRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.08197BenchmarkRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.06695BenchmarkRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.06686BenchmarkRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.04948ExtrapolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.02657InterpolatedRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.96946BenchmarkRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.96811BenchmarkRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.95387ExtrapolatedOutlier
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.93282BenchmarkRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.92956BenchmarkRegular
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.92674BenchmarkRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.92592InterpolatedRegular
South SudanSSDEastern Africa0.91890ExtrapolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.91872BenchmarkRegular
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.90009BenchmarkRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.89970ExtrapolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.87377InterpolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.86154BenchmarkRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.84574InterpolatedRegular
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.84157BenchmarkRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.83896BenchmarkRegular

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Bermuda1.31679
  2. Denmark1.23192
  3. Norway1.20661
  4. Switzerland1.18677
  5. Ireland1.08197

Lowest

  1. Pakistan0.20366
  2. Myanmar0.21813
  3. India0.22765
  4. Egypt0.23196
  5. Kyrgyzstan0.23293

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.43776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 43 · 142rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Somalia0.64760 → 0.30456−0.34304
  • Iceland1.09601 → 0.86154−0.23447
  • Zimbabwe0.47324 → 0.30942−0.16381
  • Poland0.64236 → 0.49601−0.14634
  • Ireland1.21404 → 1.08197−0.13208

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 2009.

  • 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: 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) (2009). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2009

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009?

Bermuda, at 1.31679, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009 cover?

185.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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