Final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income
Lower middle income: Final consumption expenditure was 6.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income, 1961–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in annual % growth.
Analysis
In 2025, final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income stood at 6.6%.
The figure is up 21.0% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income peaked at 8.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -2.3%, in 2020.
That places Lower middle income 3rd out of 40 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income, year by year
| Year | annual % growth | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.6% | — |
| 1962 | 2.6% | -26.1% |
| 1963 | 5.3% | +101.7% |
| 1964 | 6.5% | +20.9% |
| 1965 | 2.2% | -66.0% |
| 1966 | 2.8% | +27.5% |
| 1967 | 3.3% | +17.6% |
| 1968 | 3.2% | -2.9% |
| 1969 | 4.1% | +28.0% |
| 1970 | 4.7% | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 3.1% | -33.5% |
| 1972 | 1.3% | -56.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | -53.4% |
| 1974 | -0.3% | -148.7% |
| 1975 | 5.5% | -1891.9% |
| 1976 | 6.1% | +11.8% |
| 1977 | 5.1% | -16.9% |
| 1978 | 5.3% | +3.5% |
| 1979 | -0.4% | -108.0% |
| 1980 | 7.0% | -1744.2% |
| 1981 | 2.8% | -59.4% |
| 1982 | 2.2% | -21.4% |
| 1983 | 4.8% | +114.2% |
| 1984 | 4.1% | -14.1% |
| 1985 | 3.8% | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 4.7% | +21.4% |
| 1987 | 4.0% | -15.1% |
| 1988 | 5.8% | +46.1% |
| 1989 | 3.0% | -48.7% |
| 1990 | 4.0% | +35.2% |
| 1991 | 2.8% | -30.8% |
| 1992 | 4.1% | +49.0% |
| 1993 | 3.9% | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 3.3% | -13.8% |
| 1995 | 5.3% | +57.8% |
| 1996 | 5.6% | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 3.7% | -33.6% |
| 1998 | 5.1% | +36.9% |
| 1999 | 5.3% | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 3.3% | -37.0% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +39.8% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | -58.1% |
| 2003 | 4.1% | +112.7% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | +25.5% |
| 2005 | 7.1% | +37.8% |
| 2006 | 5.4% | -24.4% |
| 2007 | 6.8% | +25.2% |
| 2008 | 4.8% | -28.5% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 5.1% | -6.4% |
| 2015 | 5.4% | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 5.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 5.4% | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -33.2% |
| 2020 | -2.3% | -164.7% |
| 2021 | 8.4% | -460.0% |
| 2022 | 6.2% | -26.3% |
| 2023 | 4.4% | -29.5% |
| 2024 | 5.5% | +25.2% |
| 2025 | 6.6% | +21.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.7% | 2.2% | 6.5% | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.1% | -0.4% | 6.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 2.2% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 1.9% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 3.6% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8% | -2.3% | 8.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower middle income
- 1 Eritrea 393.6% compare
- 2 Kyrgyzstan 20.8% compare
- 3 Iraq 15.3% compare
- 4 Tajikistan 15.0% compare
- 5 United Arab Emirates 11.7% compare
- 6 Libya 11.5% compare
More economy & growth data for Lower middle income
- Industry (including construction), value added 31.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 1.24 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Trade in services 14.1% (2025)
- Manufacturing, value added 16.9% (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.29 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 2.30 trillion constant 2015 US$ (2025)
- Industry (including construction), value added 7.0% (2025)
- Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) 7.04 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Inflation, GDP deflator 5.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income?
- Final consumption expenditure in Lower middle income was 6.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest final consumption expenditure recorded in Lower middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 8.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest final consumption expenditure recorded in Lower middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.3% in 2020.
- How does Lower middle income rank for final consumption expenditure?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd out of 40 groups with data for 2025.
- Is final consumption expenditure rising or falling in Lower middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lower middle income data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Final consumption expenditure (annual % growth). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Final consumption expenditure is expenditure on goods and services by resident institutional units for the direct satisfaction of human needs or wants, whether individual or collective. Final consumption expenditure can be measured for households, general government, the central bank and non-profit institutions serving households. This indicator denotes the percentage change over each previous year of the constant price (base year 2015) series in United States dollars.