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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) (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sweden :
3,977.739 $
per capita
1979
Swedish Government
# 2
Denmark :
3,414.608 $
per capita
1979
Danish Government
# 3
Netherlands :
2,993.773 $
per capita
1979
Dutch Government
# 4
Saudi Arabia :
2,675.626 $
per capita
1979
Saudi Government
# 5
United Arab Emirates :
2,661.463 $
per capita
1979
Emirati Government
# 6
Belgium :
2,619.85 $
per capita
1979
Belgian Government
# 7
Norway :
2,509.978 $
per capita
1979
Norwegian Government
# 8
Luxembourg :
2,461.091 $
per capita
1979
Luxembourg Government
# 9
France :
2,305.18 $
per capita
1979
French Government
# 10
Germany :
2,282.487 $
per capita
1979
German Government
# 11
Iceland :
2,266.35 $
per capita
1979
Icelandic Government
# 12
Libya :
2,240.599 $
per capita
1979
Libyan Government
# 13
Kuwait :
2,132.646 $
per capita
1979
Kuwaiti Government
# 14
Canada :
2,068.424 $
per capita
1979
Canadian Government
# 15
United States :
1,825.776 $
per capita
1979
American Government
# 16
Australia :
1,778.466 $
per capita
1979
Australian Government
# 17
Austria :
1,753.238 $
per capita
1979
Austrian Government
# 18
Finland :
1,671.476 $
per capita
1979
Finnish Government
# 19
Switzerland :
1,661.063 $
per capita
1979
Swiss Government
# 20
Israel :
1,578.877 $
per capita
1979
Israeli Government
# 21
United Kingdom :
1,488.282 $
per capita
1979
British Government
# 22
New Zealand :
1,283.991 $
per capita
1979
New Zealand Government
# 23
Japan :
1,206.821 $
per capita
1979
Japanese Government
# 24
Italy :
1,125.339 $
per capita
1979
Italian Government
# 25
Ireland :
1,005.883 $
per capita
1979
Irish Government
# 26
Oman :
912.093 $
per capita
1979
Omani Government
# 27
Spain :
746.638 $
per capita
1979
Spanish Government
# 28
Bahamas, The :
699.379 $
per capita
1979
Bahamian Government
# 29
Greece :
663.379 $
per capita
1979
Greek Government
# 30
Puerto Rico :
648.751 $
per capita
1979
Puerto Rican Government
# 31
Trinidad and Tobago :
601.142 $
per capita
1979
Tobagonian Government
# 32
Brunei :
578.619 $
per capita
1979
Bruneian Government
# 33
Gabon :
542.051 $
per capita
1979
Gabonese Government
# 34
Suriname :
540.906 $
per capita
1979
Surinamese Government
# 35
Jordan :
534.661 $
per capita
1979
Jordanian Government
# 36
Seychelles :
524.941 $
per capita
1979
Seychellois Government
# 37
Iran :
482.953 $
per capita
1979
Iranian Government
# 38
Cyprus :
447.64 $
per capita
1979
Cypriot Government
# 39
Venezuela :
428.574 $
per capita
1979
Venezuelan Government
# 40
Barbados :
420.863 $
per capita
1979
Barbadian Government
# 41
Malta :
415.481 $
per capita
1979
Maltese Government
# 42
Singapore :
392.041 $
per capita
1979
Singapore Government
# 43
Portugal :
326.308 $
per capita
1979
Portuguese Government
# 44
Costa Rica :
319.13 $
per capita
1979
Costa Rican Government
# 45
South Africa :
311.883 $
per capita
1979
South African Government
# 46
Uruguay :
296.515 $
per capita
1979
Uruguayan Government
# 47
Fiji :
277.645 $
per capita
1979
Fijian Government
# 48
Argentina :
275.443 $
per capita
1979
Argentine Government
# 49
Algeria :
275.076 $
per capita
1979
Algerian Government
# 50
Hong Kong :
273.907 $
per capita
1979
Hong Kong Government
# 51
Antigua and Barbuda :
270.184 $
per capita
1979
Barbudan Government
# 52
Chile :
269.091 $
per capita
1979
Chilean Government
# 53
Syria :
247.952 $
per capita
1979
Syrian Government
# 54
Turkey :
231.868 $
per capita
1979
Turkish Government
# 55
Kiribati :
230.558 $
per capita
1979
- Government
# 56
Mexico :
222.443 $
per capita
1979
Mexican Government
# 57
Jamaica :
222.172 $
per capita
1979
Jamaican Government
# 58
Mauritania :
218.358 $
per capita
1979
Mauritanian Government
# 59
Malaysia :
217.011 $
per capita
1979
Malaysian Government
# 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
209.103 $
per capita
1979
Ivoirian Government
# 61
Dominica :
206.48 $
per capita
1979
Dominican Government
# 62
Ecuador :
202.743 $
per capita
1979
Ecuadorian Government
# 63
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
193.892 $
per capita
1979
Nevisian Government
# 64
Hungary :
187.387 $
per capita
1979
Hungarian Government
# 65
Brazil :
184.45 $
per capita
1979
Brazilian Government
# 66
Guyana :
183.78 $
per capita
1979
Guyanese Government
# 67
Korea, South :
181.527 $
per capita
1979
Korean Government
# 68
Morocco :
179.471 $
per capita
1979
Moroccan Government
# 69
Tunisia :
175.9 $
per capita
1979
Tunisian Government
# 70
Grenada :
169.269 $
per capita
1979
Grenadian Government
# 71
Papua New Guinea :
165.001 $
per capita
1979
Papua New Guinean Government
# 72
Swaziland :
162.49 $
per capita
1979
Swazi Government
# 73
Botswana :
156.954 $
per capita
1979
Motswana -Batswana Government
# 74
Congo, Republic of the :
139.905 $
per capita
1979
Congolese Government
# 75
Zambia :
136.028 $
per capita
1979
Zambian Government
# 76
Zimbabwe :
131.363 $
per capita
1979
Zimbabwean Government
# 77
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
126.494 $
per capita
1979
Saint Vincentian Government
# 78
El Salvador :
100.975 $
per capita
1979
Salvadoran Government
# 79
Gambia, The :
95.435 $
per capita
1979
Gambian Government
# 80
Nigeria :
94.881 $
per capita
1979
Nigerian Government
# 81
Colombia :
94.08 $
per capita
1979
Colombian Government
# 82
Nicaragua :
94.051 $
per capita
1979
Nicaraguan Government
# 83
Liberia :
86.621 $
per capita
1979
Liberian Government
# 84
Bolivia :
86.544 $
per capita
1979
Bolivian Government
# 85
Togo :
84.119 $
per capita
1979
Togolese Government
# 86
Senegal :
82.028 $
per capita
1979
Senegalese Government
# 87
Peru :
79.305 $
per capita
1979
Peruvian Government
# 88
Kenya :
76.334 $
per capita
1979
Kenyan Government
# 89
Egypt :
72.402 $
per capita
1979
Egyptian Government
# 90
Dominican Republic :
72.351 $
per capita
1979
Dominican Government
# 91
Thailand :
72.098 $
per capita
1979
Thai Government
# 92
Honduras :
71.43 $
per capita
1979
Honduran Government
# 93
Guatemala :
71.318 $
per capita
1979
Guatemalan Government
# 94
Tonga :
69.348 $
per capita
1979
Tongan Government
# 95
Paraguay :
64.988 $
per capita
1979
Paraguayan Government
# 96
Cameroon :
63.12 $
per capita
1979
Cameroonian Government
# 97
Sudan :
62.736 $
per capita
1979
Sudanese Government
# 98
Philippines :
55.078 $
per capita
1979
Philippine Government
# 99
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
52.219 $
per capita
1979
Congolese Government
# 100
Central African Republic :
48.314 $
per capita
1979
Central African Government
# 101
Madagascar :
48.2 $
per capita
1979
Malagasy Government
# 102
Niger :
40 $
per capita
1979
Nigerien Government
# 103
Somalia :
38.289 $
per capita
1979
Somali Government
# 104
Lesotho :
37.739 $
per capita
1979
Basotho Government
# 105
Ghana :
37.509 $
per capita
1979
Ghanaian Government
# 106
Indonesia :
36.212 $
per capita
1979
Indonesian Government
# 107
São Tomé and Príncipe :
34.725 $
per capita
1979
Sao Tomean Government
# 108
Guinea-Bissau :
34.416 $
per capita
1979
Guinean Government
# 109
Malawi :
33.491 $
per capita
1979
Malawian Government
# 110
Burkina Faso :
29.255 $
per capita
1979
Burkinabe Government
# 111
Sierra Leone :
28.463 $
per capita
1979
Sierra Leonean Government
# 112
China :
27.917 $
per capita
1979
Chinese Government
# 113
Rwanda :
27.011 $
per capita
1979
Rwandan Government
# 114
Mali :
26.732 $
per capita
1979
Malian Government
# 115
Benin :
26.477 $
per capita
1979
Beninese Government
# 116
Pakistan :
25.442 $
per capita
1979
Pakistani Government
# 117
Burundi :
25.061 $
per capita
1979
Burundian Government
# 118
Sri Lanka :
23.446 $
per capita
1979
Sri Lankan Government
# 119
India :
22.935 $
per capita
1979
Indian Government
# 120
Haiti :
19.933 $
per capita
1979
Haitian Government
# 121
Bangladesh :
12.202 $
per capita
1979
Bangladeshi Government
# 122
Nepal :
10.623 $
per capita
1979
Nepalese Government
Weighted average:
594.6 $
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) (1979) 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=1979
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