International Housing and Energy Expenditure Comparisons

9060000 records detail actual expenditures on housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels across countries. The dataset was compiled by the ICP 2017 organization as part of the International Comparison Program, facilitating global cost-of-living analyses. It provides a standardized basis for comparing consumer spending on essential utilities and housing.

Use Cases

• Compare average electricity expenditure per household between countries using standardized expenditure columns.
• Analyze the correlation between housing costs and other fuel expenses within the detailed spending categories.
• Model regional energy price indices by leveraging the gas and other fuels expenditure data points.
• Benchmark water utility spending as a proportion of total housing costs across different economies.

Strengths

• Dataset contains 9,060,000 records, indicating a substantial volume of observations.
• Covers multiple critical expenditure categories: housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels for direct comparison.

Limitations

• Specific column names, data types, and geographic or temporal coverage for the 9 million rows are not provided.
• Lack of metadata on sampling methodology or currency adjustments may complicate direct cross-country analysis.

Provenance

Source

ICP 2017 (International Comparison Program), hosted by the World Bank.

Collection Method

Compiled from international price and expenditure surveys for cross-country comparisons.

Geography

International coverage across participating countries.