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Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019

2019, as GGDC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019 covers 185 countries. Venezuela is highest, at 15.65356; Sudan is lowest, at 0.17293. The middle country reads 0.44902. Against 2018, 185 values changed (51 up, 134 down), the same countries are covered.

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Price Level of Household Consumption · Data for 2019

HighestVenezuela

15.65356

LowestSudan

0.17293

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).
VenezuelaVENSouth America15.65356ExtrapolatedOutlier
BarbadosBRBCaribbean1.34290ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolatedRegular
BermudaBMUNorthern America1.31782ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean1.31554ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedOutlier
IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.17831ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.16650ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean1.13750ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolatedOutlier
IsraelISRWestern Asia1.08158ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.06228ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
BahamasBHSCaribbean1.05935ICP PPP timeseries: extrapolatedRegular
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.03823ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.01380ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.00685ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.99295ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean0.99226ExtrapolatedRegular
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.97583ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.93559ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.93465ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
United StatesUSANorthern America0.91639ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
CanadaCANNorthern America0.89721ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.89329ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.88555ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean0.84780ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedOutlier
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.84181ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.83458ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolatedRegular

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Venezuela15.65356
  2. Barbados1.34290
  3. Bermuda1.31782
  4. Cayman Islands1.31554
  5. Iceland1.17831

Lowest

  1. Sudan0.17293
  2. Egypt0.21844
  3. Pakistan0.22527
  4. Iran0.23521
  5. Uzbekistan0.24481

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.44902. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 185values changed, of 185 in both
  • 51 · 134rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Venezuela16.36955 → 15.65356−0.71599
  • Yemen0.93858 → 0.49102−0.44756
  • Zimbabwe0.75176 → 0.50124−0.25052
  • Syria0.56724 → 0.35894−0.20830
  • Iceland1.34040 → 1.17831−0.16210

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 2019.

  • 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: extrapolated, ICP PPP timeseries: benchmark or interpolated, 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) (2019). Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/consumption-price-level/2019

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07Questions

Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest price level (cost of living) in Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019?

Venezuela, at 15.65356, of the 185 countries in the file.

What year does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019 cover?

185.

Where can I download Price Level of Household Consumption, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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