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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013

2013, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013 covers 185 countries. South Sudan is highest, at 1.532084; Egypt is lowest, at 0.228865. The middle country reads 0.483029. Against 2012, 185 values changed (162 up, 23 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2013

HighestSouth Sudan

1.532084

LowestEgypt

0.228865

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
South SudanSSDEastern Africa1.532084ExtrapolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.361695ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.333590ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.293988ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.208879ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.191793ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.132137ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.130196ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.125693ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.072785ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.063824ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.054594ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.041564ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America1.009425ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.004548ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IcelandISLNorthern Europe0.999770ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.995273ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean0.983348ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedOutlier
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.946808ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.940963ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.938326ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.933018ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.931786ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.931348ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.898019ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. South Sudan1.532084
  2. Bermuda1.361695
  3. Norway1.333590
  4. Switzerland1.293988
  5. Denmark1.208879

Lowest

  1. Egypt0.228865
  2. Pakistan0.232119
  3. India0.246125
  4. Nepal0.248664
  5. Bhutan0.260010

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.483029. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 162 · 23rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Japan1.167930 → 0.931348−0.236582
  • Myanmar0.345326 → 0.264542−0.080785
  • Syria0.420755 → 0.348752−0.072002
  • Australia1.242427 → 1.191793−0.050635
  • Namibia0.526241 → 0.483029−0.043212

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 2013.

  • 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) (2013). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2013

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013?

South Sudan, at 1.532084, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013 cover?

185.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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