List of largest consumer markets - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Below is a list of the largest consumer markets of the world in 2009. The countries are sorted by their Household final consumption expenditure

Household final consumption expenditure

is a transaction of the national account's use of income account representing consumer spending. It consists of the expenditure incurred by households on individual consumption goods and services, including those sold at prices that are not economically significant...

(HFCE) which represents consumer spending

Consumer spending

Consumer spending or consumer demand or consumption is also known as personal consumption expenditure. It is the largest part of aggregate demand or effective demand at the macroeconomic level...

in nominal terms. The figures are from the United Nations Statistics Division.

Rank	Country	HFCE Household final consumption expenditure is a transaction of the national account's use of income account representing consumer spending. It consists of the expenditure incurred by households on individual consumption goods and services, including those sold at prices that are not economically significant... (millions of US$)	% of GDP Gross domestic product Gross domestic product refers to the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period. GDP per capita is often considered an indicator of a country's standard of living....	% of World's consumer market	Year
_	World	34,689,062	60%	100%	2009
1	United States	10,026,400	71%	28.9036%	2009
2	Japan	2,952,710	58%	8.5119%	2009
3	Germany	1,960,230	59%	5.6509%	2009
4	Mainland China	1,835,280	37%	5.2907%	2009
5	Early Modern France	1,545,900	58%	4.4564%	2009
6	United Kingdom	1,415,350	65%	4.0801%	2009
7	Italy	1,266,270	60%	3.6503%	2009
8	Brazil	986,498	63%	2.8438%	2009
9	Spain	828,547	57%	2.3885%	2009
10	Canada	786,220	59%	2.2665%	2009
11	India	737,936	57%	2.1273%	2009
12	Russia	671,629	55%	1.9361%	2009
13	Mexico	582,037	67%	1.6779%	2009
14	Australia	564,993	56%	1.6287%	2009
15	South Korea	452,182	54%	1.3035%	2009
16	Turkey	439,678	72%	1.2675%	2009
17	Netherlands	364,781	46%	1.0516%	2009
18	Indonesia	316,730	59%	0.9131%	2009
19	Switzerland	285,311	58%	0.8225%	2009
20	Poland	263,048	61%	0.7583%	2009
21	Belgium	246,983	52%	0.7120%	2009
22	Greece	242,266	75%	0.6984%	2009
23	Venezuela	209,194	64%	0.6031%	2009
24	Austria	206,998	54%	0.5967%	2009
25	Sweden	198,064	49%	0.5710%	2009
26	Iran	196,003	54%	0.5650%	2009
27	Argentina	179,880	58%	0.5185%	2009
28	South Africa	173,812	61%	0.5011%	2009
29	Norway	161,452	43%	0.4654%	2009
30	Portugal	155,505	67%	0.4483%	2009
31	Denmark	152,509	49%	0.4396%	2009
32	Thailand	145,047	55%	0.4181%	2009
33	Egypt	143,051	76%	0.4124%	2009
34	Colombia	142,940	62%	0.4121%	2009
35	Saudi Arabia	142,661	39%	0.4113%	2009
36	Finland	130,641	55%	0.3766%	2008
37	Hong Kong	129,549	62%	0.3735%	2009
38	Pakistan	127,310	79%	0.3670%	2009
39	Nigeria	122,235	70%	0.3524%	2009
40		118,745	74%	0.3423%	2009
41	United Arab Emirates	118,080	47%	0.3403%	2009
42	Republic of Ireland	112,466	51%	0.3242%	2009
43	Israel	110,999	57%	0.3200%	2009
44	Kingdom of Romania	101,103	63%	0.2915%	2009
45	Chile	97,699	60%	0.2816%	2009
46	Czech Republic	96,360	51%	0.2778%	2009
47	Malaysia	96,117	50%	0.2771%	2009
48	Peru	83,013	65%	0.2393%	2009
49	Ukraine	76,842	65%	0.2215%	2009
50	Singapore	73,339	49%	0.2114%	2009
51	New Zealand	69,004	59%	0.1989%	2009
52	Hungary	68,704	53%	0.1981%	2009
53	Bangladesh	66,692	75%	0.1923%	2009
54	Vietnam	62,424	67%	0.1800%	2009
55	Puerto Rico	57,644	59%	0.1662%	2009
56	Morocco	55,233	61%	0.1592%	2009
57	Slovakia	53,354	61%	0.1538%	2009
58		50,287	46%	0.1450%	2009
59	Algeria	50,135	36%	0.1445%	2009
60	Kuwait	40,741	37%	0.1174%	2009
61		39,770	85%	0.1146%	2009
62	Sudan	37,732	68%	0.1088%	2009
63	Syria	37,363	69%	0.1077%	2009
64	Ecuador	36,774	64%	0.1060%	2009
65	Independent State of Croatia	35,889	57%	0.1035%	2009
66	Kingdom of Bulgaria	32,180	66%	0.0928%	2009
67	Cuba	31,790	52%	0.0917%	2009
68	Guatemala	31,776	85%	0.0916%	2009
69	Serbia	30,956	74%	0.0892%	2009
70	Sri Lanka	28,215	66%	0.0813%	2009
71	Belarus	27,339	56%	0.0788%	2009
72	Slovenia	27,238	55%	0.0785%	2009
73	Lebanon	26,899	78%	0.0775%	2009
74	Ethiopia	25,906	91%	0.0747%	2009
75	Lithuania	25,363	69%	0.0731%	2009
76	Tunisia	24,837	63%	0.0716%	2009
77	Kenya	23,543	80%	0.0679%	2009
78		21,510	37%	0.0621%	2009
79	Uruguay	21,503	68%	0.0620%	2009
80	Oman	21,161	39%	0.0610%	2009
81	Yemen	20,023	74%	0.0577%	2009
82	Costa Rica	19,826	68%	0.0572%	2009
83	El Salvador	19,369	93%	0.0558%	2009
84	Azerbaijan	18,594	43%	0.0536%	2009
85	Jordan	18,103	72%	0.0522%	2009
86		17,998	34%	0.0519%	2009
87	Uzbekistan	17,718	54%	0.0511%	2009
88	Qatar	17,717	18%	0.0510%	2009
89	Cameroon	16,364	74%	0.0472%	2009
90	Cyprus	16,183	69%	0.0467%	2009
91	Côte d'Ivoire	15,939	69%	0.0460%	2009
92	Latvia	15,930	62%	0.0459%	2009
93	Angola	15,706	45%	0.0453%	2009
94		15,460	91%	0.0446%	2009
95	Tanzania	15,201	68%	0.0438%	2009
96	Myanmar	15,018	79%	0.0433%	2009
97	Uganda	14,324	84%	0.0413%	2009
98	Iraq	14,003	55%	0.0404%	2009
99	Panama	12,055	49%	0.0348%	2009
100	Afghanistan	11,778	92%	0.0340%	2009
101	Honduras	11,374	79%	0.0328%	2009
102	Bolivia	11,358	66%	0.0327%	2009
103	Trinidad and Tobago	11,100	53%	0.0320%	2009
104	Paraguay	10,875	74%	0.0314%	2009
105	Ghana	10,392	70%	0.0300%	2009
106	Cambodia	10,279	95%	0.0296%	2009
107	Nepal	10,168	80%	0.0293%	2009
108	Jamaica	10,133	82%	0.0292%	2009
109	Senegal	10,032	79%	0.0289%	2009
110	Estonia	9,995	52%	0.0288%	2009
111	Albania	9,943	82%	0.0287%	2009
112	Republic of the Congo	4,519	45%	0.0282%	2009
113		9,367	54%	0.0270%	2009
114	Georgia (country)	8,887	83%	0.0256%	2009
115	Mozambique	7,600	79%	0.0219%	2009
116	Republic of Macedonia	7,481	79%	0.0216%	2009
117	Madagascar	7,401	84%	0.0213%	2009
118	Zambia	7,003	55%	0.0202%	2009
119	Armenia	6,946	81%	0.0200%	2009
120	Bahrain	6,724	35%	0.0194%	2009
121	Palestinian territories	6,697	115%	0.0193%	2009
122	Haiti	6,623	105%	0.0191%	2009
123	Mauritius	6,428	74%	0.0185%	2009
124	Iceland	6,190	51%	0.0178%	2009
125	Namibia	5,893	63%	0.0170%	2009
126	Burkina Faso	5,847	72%	0.0169%	2009
127	New Caledonia	5,559	60%	0.0160%	2009
128	Mali	5,519	62%	0.0159%	2009
129	Tajikistan	5,254	106%	0.0152%	2009
130	Papua New Guinea	5,252	62%	0.0151%	2009
131	Nicaragua	5,241	82%	0.0150%	2009
132	Macau	5,202	25%	0.0149%	2009
133	Botswana	5,076	44%	0.0146%	2009
134	Malta	5,051	63%	0.0145%	2009
135	Republic of Kosovo	4,932	93%	0.0143%	2009
136	Bermuda	4,912	75%	0.0142%	2009
137	The Bahamas	4,874	69%	0.0141%	2009
138	Moldova	4,795	89%	0.0138%	2009
139	Benin	4,762	72%	0.0137%	2009
140	French Polynesia	4,640	102%	0.0134%	2009
141	Malawi	4,339	89%	0.0125%	2009
142		4,281	81%	0.0123%	2009
143		4,166	91%	0.0120%	2009
144	Laos	4,060	73%	0.0117%	2009
145	Niger	3,898	74%	0.0112%	2009
146	Kingdom of Montenegro	3,843	94%	0.0111%	2009
147	Gabon	3,817	34%	0.0110%	2009
148	Monaco	3,564	58%	0.0103%	2009
149	Guinea	3,344	71%	0.0096%	2009
150	Zimbabwe	3,299	81%	0.0095%	2009
151		2,799	58%	0.0081%	2009
152	Swaziland	2,788	88%	0.0080%	2009
153	Fiji	2,713	89%	0.0079%	2009
154	Togo	2,693	85%	0.0078%	2009
155	Chad	2,422	35%	0.0070%	2009
156	Mauritania	2,364	83%	0.0068%	2009
157	Andorra	2,118	57%	0.0061%	2009
158	Brunei	2,027	19%	0.0058%	2009
159	Mongolia	1,975	47%	0.0057%	2009
160		1,950	63%	0.0056%	2009
161	Barbados	1,777	49%	0.0052%	2009
162	Central African Republic	1,771	89%	0.0051%	2009
163	Guyana	1,674	82%	0.0048%	2009
164		1,627	87%	0.0047%	2009
165	Sierra Leone	1,583	71%	0.0046%	2009
166	Liberia	1,578	184%	0.0045%	2009
167	Somalia	1,461	73%	0.0043%	2009
168	Aruba	1,450	55%	0.0042%	2009
169	Lesotho	1,391	86%	0.0040%	2009
170	Cape Verde	1,202	76%	0.0035%	2009
171	Burundi	1,106	88%	0.0032%	2009
172	Equatorial Guinea	878	7%	0.0026%	2009
173	Belize	866	65%	0.0025%	2009
174	The Gambia	770	83%	0.0022%	2009
175	Saint Lucia	665	70%	0.0021%	2009
176	Grenada	645	101%	0.0020%	2009
177	Djibouti	636	68%	0.0019%	2009
178	San Marino	630	37%	0.0018%	2009
179		629	76%	0.0017%	2009
180	East Timor	616	92%	0.0016%	2009
181	Comoros	535	101%	0.0015%	2009
182	Seychelles	530	67%	0.0015%	2009
183	Solomon Islands	528	74%	0.0015%	2009
184	Bhutan	495	40%	0.0014%	2009
185	British Virgin Islands	485	37%	0.0014%	2009
186	Samoa	484	93%	0.0014%	2009
187	Suriname	466	16%	0.0013%	2009
188	Zanzibar	451	68%	0.0013%	2009
189	Greenland	408	32%	0.0012%	2009
190	Vanuatu	397	62%	0.0011%	2009
191	Tonga	338	100%	0.0010%	2009
192	Maldives	315	25%	0.0009%	2009
193	Dominica	301	80%	0.0009%	2009
194	Anguilla	175	81%	0.0005%	2009
195	Marshall Islands	155	91%	0.0004%	2009
196	Kiribati	117	90%	0.0003%	2009
197	Palau	101	49%	0.0003%	2009
198	Cook Islands	84	43%	0.0002%	2009
199	Nauru	54	100%	0.0002%	2009
200	Montserrat	45	85%	0.0001%	2009
201	Tuvalu	29	101%	0.0001%	2009