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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012

2012, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012 covers 185 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1.52868; Pakistan is lowest, at 0.22950. The middle country reads 0.45696. Against 2011, 185 values changed (87 up, 98 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2012

HighestSouth Sudan

1.52868

LowestPakistan

0.22950

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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1.52868ExtrapolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.32065ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.28240ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.25058ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.24243ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.16793ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.13855ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.06174ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.04414ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.04403ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America1.01682ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.00911ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.00596ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.99197ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.96966ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.96189ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.94179ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedOutlier
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.90985ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.90686ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.89292ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.87929ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.87428ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.87316ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.86513ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean0.86491ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan1.52868
  2. Bermuda1.32065
  3. Norway1.28240
  4. Switzerland1.25058
  5. Australia1.24243

Lowest

  1. Pakistan0.22950
  2. Egypt0.23103
  3. Bangladesh0.23670
  4. India0.24195
  5. Nepal0.25235

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.45696. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 87 · 98rose · 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 2012.

  • 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: Extrapolated, ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated, ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolated, Interpolated.

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) (2012). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2012

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012?

South Sudan, at 1.52868, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012 cover?

185.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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