Household consumption (% of GDP) — all countries

Household consumption (% of GDP) — South America

Household consumption (% of GDP) in South America in 2015 — 64.7%. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2015 64.7% +1.2 pp vs 2014
World rank
Period maximum 74.5%1983
Period minimum 54.6%2008

Trend over time

1960–2015 · % of GDP

Household consumption (% of GDP) — South America, 1960–201550556065707519601966197219781984199019962002200820141960: 65.3%1961: 62.5%1962: 68.9%1963: 68.4%1964: 68.7%1965: 66.6%1966: 66.4%1967: 68%1968: 68.8%1969: 67.4%1970: 67.2%1971: 68.1%1972: 68.5%1973: 65.5%1974: 64.2%1975: 63.1%1976: 65.5%1977: 66.1%1978: 65.8%1979: 67.6%1980: 67.1%1981: 68.5%1982: 70.9%1983: 74.5%1984: 71.7%1985: 67.1%1986: 69%1987: 67%1988: 66.3%1989: 58.9%1990: 64.2%1991: 63.2%1992: 64.3%1993: 60.5%1994: 60.7%1995: 61.7%1996: 63%1997: 62.7%1998: 62%1999: 61.2%2000: 60.7%2001: 59.9%2002: 57.9%2003: 58.5%2004: 56.8%2005: 56.4%2006: 55.5%2007: 55.1%2008: 54.6%2009: 55.5%2010: 54.9%2011: 56.7%2012: 62.3%2013: 62.7%2014: 63.5%2015: 64.7%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America

South America 64.7%
World 56.7%
Household consumption (% of GDP) — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 64.7 +1.2 pp
2014 63.5 +0.8 pp
2013 62.7 +0.4 pp
2012 62.3 +5.5 pp
2011 56.7 +1.8 pp
2010 54.9 −0.5 pp
2009 55.5 +0.8 pp
2008 54.6 −0.4 pp
2007 55.1 −0.4 pp
2006 55.5 −0.9 pp
2005 56.4 −0.3 pp
2004 56.8 −1.8 pp
2003 58.5 +0.7 pp
2002 57.9 −2 pp
2001 59.9 −0.8 pp
2000 60.7 −0.6 pp
1999 61.2 −0.8 pp
1998 62 −0.7 pp
1997 62.7 −0.2 pp
1996 63 +1.2 pp
1995 61.7 +1 pp
1994 60.7 +0.2 pp
1993 60.5 −3.8 pp
1992 64.3 +1.1 pp
1991 63.2 −1 pp
1990 64.2 +5.3 pp
1989 58.9 −7.3 pp
1988 66.3 −0.7 pp
1987 67 −2 pp
1986 69 +1.9 pp
1985 67.1 −4.6 pp
1984 71.7 −2.9 pp
1983 74.5 +3.6 pp
1982 70.9 +2.5 pp
1981 68.5 +1.3 pp
1980 67.1 −0.5 pp
1979 67.6 +1.8 pp
1978 65.8 −0.3 pp
1977 66.1 +0.6 pp
1976 65.5 +2.4 pp
1975 63.1 −1.1 pp
1974 64.2 −1.4 pp
1973 65.5 −3 pp
1972 68.5 +0.5 pp
1971 68.1 +0.9 pp
1970 67.2 −0.2 pp
1969 67.4 −1.4 pp
1968 68.8 +0.8 pp
1967 68 +1.6 pp
1966 66.4 −0.3 pp
1965 66.6 −2.1 pp
1964 68.7 +0.3 pp
1963 68.4 −0.5 pp
1962 68.9 +6.4 pp
1961 62.5 −2.8 pp
1960 65.3

About the indicator

Household final consumption expenditure as a percent of GDP — the market value of all goods and services bought by the population, including the imputed rent of owner-occupied housing. A low consumption share alongside a high share of capital formation is typical of investment- and export-driven economies; a high one, of countries short of savings.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.