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General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
Government Statistics > General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sweden :
3,330.973 $
per capita
1978
Swedish Government
# 2
Denmark :
2,874.495 $
per capita
1978
Danish Government
# 3
Netherlands :
2,563.533 $
per capita
1978
Dutch Government
# 4
United Arab Emirates :
2,532.387 $
per capita
1978
Emirati Government
# 5
Saudi Arabia :
2,279.652 $
per capita
1978
Saudi Government
# 6
Norway :
2,256.269 $
per capita
1978
Norwegian Government
# 7
Belgium :
2,248.836 $
per capita
1978
Belgian Government
# 8
Luxembourg :
2,067.545 $
per capita
1978
Luxembourg Government
# 9
Libya :
2,054.256 $
per capita
1978
Libyan Government
# 10
Iceland :
1,949.492 $
per capita
1978
Icelandic Government
# 11
Canada :
1,939.939 $
per capita
1978
Canadian Government
# 12
Germany :
1,925.545 $
per capita
1978
German Government
# 13
France :
1,918.975 $
per capita
1978
French Government
# 14
Kuwait :
1,838.002 $
per capita
1978
Kuwaiti Government
# 15
United States :
1,673.967 $
per capita
1978
American Government
# 16
Australia :
1,635.048 $
per capita
1978
Australian Government
# 17
Austria :
1,482.809 $
per capita
1978
Austrian Government
# 18
Switzerland :
1,471.878 $
per capita
1978
Swiss Government
# 19
Israel :
1,402.312 $
per capita
1978
Israeli Government
# 20
Finland :
1,400.05 $
per capita
1978
Finnish Government
# 21
Japan :
1,165.075 $
per capita
1978
Japanese Government
# 22
United Kingdom :
1,163.539 $
per capita
1978
British Government
# 23
New Zealand :
1,128.579 $
per capita
1978
New Zealand Government
# 24
Italy :
898.876 $
per capita
1978
Italian Government
# 25
Ireland :
773.377 $
per capita
1978
Irish Government
# 26
Oman :
738.318 $
per capita
1978
Omani Government
# 27
Bahamas, The :
638.193 $
per capita
1978
Bahamian Government
# 28
Puerto Rico :
596.724 $
per capita
1978
Puerto Rican Government
# 29
Spain :
540.989 $
per capita
1978
Spanish Government
# 30
Greece :
531.206 $
per capita
1978
Greek Government
# 31
Suriname :
527.001 $
per capita
1978
Surinamese Government
# 32
Iran :
508.435 $
per capita
1978
Iranian Government
# 33
Gabon :
498.74 $
per capita
1978
Gabonese Government
# 34
Brunei :
458.425 $
per capita
1978
Bruneian Government
# 35
Trinidad and Tobago :
456.043 $
per capita
1978
Tobagonian Government
# 36
Venezuela :
384.103 $
per capita
1978
Venezuelan Government
# 37
Barbados :
380.495 $
per capita
1978
Barbadian Government
# 38
Jordan :
379.472 $
per capita
1978
Jordanian Government
# 39
Singapore :
366.894 $
per capita
1978
Singapore Government
# 40
Cyprus :
351.383 $
per capita
1978
Cypriot Government
# 41
Seychelles :
342.915 $
per capita
1978
Seychellois Government
# 42
Malta :
338.975 $
per capita
1978
Maltese Government
# 43
Portugal :
292.681 $
per capita
1978
Portuguese Government
# 44
Costa Rica :
266.351 $
per capita
1978
Costa Rican Government
# 45
South Africa :
265.603 $
per capita
1978
South African Government
# 46
Jamaica :
255.067 $
per capita
1978
Jamaican Government
# 47
Hong Kong :
248.662 $
per capita
1978
Hong Kong Government
# 48
Argentina :
237.838 $
per capita
1978
Argentine Government
# 49
Algeria :
230.323 $
per capita
1978
Algerian Government
# 50
Fiji :
223.479 $
per capita
1978
Fijian Government
# 51
Syria :
221.79 $
per capita
1978
Syrian Government
# 52
Mauritania :
220.901 $
per capita
1978
Mauritanian Government
# 53
Uruguay :
217.956 $
per capita
1978
Uruguayan Government
# 54
Chile :
204.58 $
per capita
1978
Chilean Government
# 55
Antigua and Barbuda :
203.468 $
per capita
1978
Barbudan Government
# 56
Malaysia :
197.409 $
per capita
1978
Malaysian Government
# 57
Turkey :
183.559 $
per capita
1978
Turkish Government
# 58
Ecuador :
181.559 $
per capita
1978
Ecuadorian Government
# 59
Grenada :
174.556 $
per capita
1978
Grenadian Government
# 60
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
174.434 $
per capita
1978
Nevisian Government
# 61
Mexico :
174.238 $
per capita
1978
Mexican Government
# 62
Côte d'Ivoire :
169.708 $
per capita
1978
Ivoirian Government
# 63
Brazil :
167.07 $
per capita
1978
Brazilian Government
# 64
Hungary :
162.672 $
per capita
1978
Hungarian Government
# 65
Papua New Guinea :
161.548 $
per capita
1978
Papua New Guinean Government
# 66
Tunisia :
161.302 $
per capita
1978
Tunisian Government
# 67
Guyana :
157.415 $
per capita
1978
Guyanese Government
# 68
Kiribati :
156.379 $
per capita
1978
- Government
# 69
Swaziland :
152.225 $
per capita
1978
Swazi Government
# 70
Morocco :
149.271 $
per capita
1978
Moroccan Government
# 71
Korea, South :
145.096 $
per capita
1978
Korean Government
# 72
Dominica :
129.001 $
per capita
1978
Dominican Government
# 73
Botswana :
127.313 $
per capita
1978
Motswana -Batswana Government
# 74
Congo, Republic of the :
119.046 $
per capita
1978
Congolese Government
# 75
Zambia :
118.208 $
per capita
1978
Zambian Government
# 76
Zimbabwe :
114.442 $
per capita
1978
Zimbabwean Government
# 77
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
103.687 $
per capita
1978
Saint Vincentian Government
# 78
Nigeria :
89.629 $
per capita
1978
Nigerian Government
# 79
El Salvador :
88.995 $
per capita
1978
Salvadoran Government
# 80
Gambia, The :
88.96 $
per capita
1978
Gambian Government
# 81
Nicaragua :
86.692 $
per capita
1978
Nicaraguan Government
# 82
Peru :
82.527 $
per capita
1978
Peruvian Government
# 83
Liberia :
79.306 $
per capita
1978
Liberian Government
# 84
Colombia :
73.604 $
per capita
1978
Colombian Government
# 85
Egypt :
72.783 $
per capita
1978
Egyptian Government
# 86
Kenya :
68.541 $
per capita
1978
Kenyan Government
# 87
Senegal :
65.073 $
per capita
1978
Senegalese Government
# 88
Guatemala :
65.067 $
per capita
1978
Guatemalan Government
# 89
Tonga :
64.523 $
per capita
1978
Tongan Government
# 90
Honduras :
62.501 $
per capita
1978
Honduran Government
# 91
Bolivia :
62.181 $
per capita
1978
Bolivian Government
# 92
Thailand :
60.503 $
per capita
1978
Thai Government
# 93
Togo :
59.032 $
per capita
1978
Togolese Government
# 94
Paraguay :
58.404 $
per capita
1978
Paraguayan Government
# 95
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
53.593 $
per capita
1978
Congolese Government
# 96
Cameroon :
52.178 $
per capita
1978
Cameroonian Government
# 97
Sudan :
51.858 $
per capita
1978
Sudanese Government
# 98
Philippines :
50.04 $
per capita
1978
Philippine Government
# 99
Dominican Republic :
47.85 $
per capita
1978
Dominican Government
# 100
Chad :
44.766 $
per capita
1978
Chadian Government
# 101
Indonesia :
40.669 $
per capita
1978
Indonesian Government
# 102
Central African Republic :
38.913 $
per capita
1978
Central African Government
# 103
Ghana :
38.283 $
per capita
1978
Ghanaian Government
# 104
Madagascar :
37.001 $
per capita
1978
Malagasy Government
# 105
Niger :
35.285 $
per capita
1978
Nigerien Government
# 106
Guinea-Bissau :
35.208 $
per capita
1978
Guinean Government
# 107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
34.585 $
per capita
1978
Sao Tomean Government
# 108
Lesotho :
29.017 $
per capita
1978
Basotho Government
# 109
Rwanda :
28.313 $
per capita
1978
Rwandan Government
# 110
Malawi :
27.417 $
per capita
1978
Malawian Government
# 111
Pakistan :
24.761 $
per capita
1978
Pakistani Government
# 112
Sierra Leone :
23.552 $
per capita
1978
Sierra Leonean Government
# 113
Burkina Faso :
23.453 $
per capita
1978
Burkinabe Government
# 114
Benin :
22.132 $
per capita
1978
Beninese Government
# 115
Mali :
21.637 $
per capita
1978
Malian Government
# 116
Burundi :
21.544 $
per capita
1978
Burundian Government
# 117
China :
20.407 $
per capita
1978
Chinese Government
# 118
India :
20.079 $
per capita
1978
Indian Government
# 119
Somalia :
18.867 $
per capita
1978
Somali Government
# 120
Sri Lanka :
18.254 $
per capita
1978
Sri Lankan Government
# 121
Haiti :
17.951 $
per capita
1978
Haitian Government
# 122
Bangladesh :
8.269 $
per capita
1978
Bangladeshi Government
# 123
Nepal :
8.254 $
per capita
1978
Nepalese Government
Weighted average:
509.0 $
per capita
DEFINITION: General government final consumption expenditure (formerly general government consumption) includes all government current expenditures for purchases of goods and services (including compensation of employees). It also includes most expenditures on national defense and security, but excludes government military expenditures that are part of government capital formation. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
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"General government final consumption expenditure > current US$ (per capita) (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/gov_gen_gov_fin_con_exp_cur_us_percap-expenditure-current-us-per-capita&date=1978
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