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The UK ranks 5th of 28 on Household consumption per head, PPP (2025)

The UK ranks 5th of 28 on Household consumption per head, PPP in 2025: 29,057, unit international $ (constant 2021 PPP), against an EU27 median of 24,424. Source: World Bank Indicators (WDI and WGI), NE.CON.PCAP.PP.KD, snapshot of 6 November 2026.

Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure per person, adjusted for price differences (purchasing power parity) and for inflation, in constant 2021 prices.

Caveat. Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure per person. Measures spending, not income; used because comparable household income data covers only OECD members.

The UK

Household consumption per head, PPP

29,057international $ (constant 2021 PPP)(2025)

5th of 28Moved down 1 place from 2016 to 2025.
EU27 median
24,424 international $ (constant 2021 PPP)
UK minus EU27 median
+4,633 international $ (constant 2021 PPP)

League table

Values in international $ (constant 2021 PPP). Countries ranked by value, 1 = top of the table, 28 with a value.

Household consumption per head, PPP, 2025: league table of countries
1Luxembourg39,2022025
2Germany32,0932025
3Austria31,0742025
4Netherlands29,0662025
5United KingdomUK29,0572025
6Belgium28,7562025
7Cyprus28,6212025
8Italy27,2462025
9Denmark26,4772025
10Sweden26,2592025
11France25,6832025
12Finland25,4882025
13Malta25,1932025
14Ireland24,7872025
15Spain24,4242025
16Poland24,1482025
17Portugal23,8752025
18Lithuania23,8152025
19Greece23,4202025
20Romania23,0612025
21Slovenia22,9762025
22Croatia21,7552025
23Slovakia19,7172025
24Latvia19,6042025
25Hungary19,3642025
26Czechia19,1012025
27Bulgaria19,0622024†
28Estonia18,6542025

latest available value, carried forward from an earlier year

Trend, 2000 to 2025

Household consumption per head, PPP, 2000 to 2025Line chart, 2000 to 2025: the UK (heavy ink line), the EU27 aggregate (dashed dark line), Germany, France, Italy and Spain (solid lines), and reference countries (faint lines). Dotted segments are IMF projections and are not ranked. Shaded bands and markers show events.international $ (constant 2021 PPP)20,00030,00040,00050,000200020052010201520202025123United States51,564Switzerland35,998Norway35,679Germany32,093Canada30,250Australia29,124United Kingdom29,057Italy27,246EU2726,569France25,683Spain24,424Japan22,639Household consumption per head, PPP, 2000 to 2025Line chart, 2000 to 2025: the UK (heavy ink line), the EU27 aggregate (dashed dark line), Germany, France, Italy and Spain (solid lines), and reference countries (faint lines). Dotted segments are IMF projections and are not ranked. Shaded bands and markers show events.international $ (constant 2021 PPP)20,00030,00040,00050,000200020102020123United StatesSwitzerlandNorwayGermanyCanadaAustraliaUnited KingdomItalyEU27FranceSpainJapan
  • Heavy ink line: United Kingdom
  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Spain
  • Dashed dark line: EU27 aggregate
  • Thin grey lines, reference countries (not the big four): Australia, Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, United States
  • Shaded: 2008–09 financial crisis
  • Shaded: 2020–21 Covid-19 pandemic
  • Shaded: 2022–23 energy price shock
  • Marker 1: EU referendum (23 June 2016)
  • Marker 2: UK leaves the EU (31 January 2020)
  • Marker 3: Transition period ends; Trade and Cooperation Agreement in force (1 January 2021)
Trends show what happened, not why; Covid, energy prices and policy changes overlap the same years. Dotted lines are projections and are not ranked.

UK rank over time

Rank 1 is the top of the table; the line is drawn with rank 1 at the top. Each year is ranked on that year's values.

UK rank, 2000 to 2025: 6th to 5th4th5th6th200020052010201520202025June 20165thUK rank, 2000 to 2025: 6th to 5th4th5th6th200020102020June 20165th

2000: 6th · 2025: 5th

Sources and method

Household and NPISH final consumption expenditure per person, adjusted for price differences (purchasing power parity) and for inflation, in constant 2021 prices.

Source: World Bank Indicators (WDI and WGI) · series NE.CON.PCAP.PP.KD· vintage 2026-10-08 · fetched 2026-11-06

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators / Worldwide Governance Indicators (CC BY 4.0); accessed 2026-11-06.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank open data default); WGI and some datasets carry their own terms in the Data Catalog metadata. Reuse with credit allowed, including derived figures.