Afghanistan vs Gambia: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Afghanistan
1,935 2011 US$
in 2018
Gambia
1,882 2011 US$
in 2018
Afghanistan rank
126th
Gambia rank
128th

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 1,935 2011 US$ against 1,882 2011 US$ in Gambia, a difference of 53 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 126th and Gambia ranks 128th of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Gambia Difference Ahead
1950s 1,238 2011 US$ 1,061 2011 US$ 177.6 2011 US$ Afghanistan
1960s 1,293 2011 US$ 1,386 2011 US$ 92.9 2011 US$ Gambia
1970s 1,086 2011 US$ 1,415 2011 US$ 329.1 2011 US$ Gambia
1980s 1,208 2011 US$ 1,447 2011 US$ 239.8 2011 US$ Gambia
1990s 656.23 2011 US$ 1,359 2011 US$ 702.36 2011 US$ Gambia
2000s 965.92 2011 US$ 1,542 2011 US$ 575.62 2011 US$ Gambia
2010s 1,913 2011 US$ 1,772 2011 US$ 140.62 2011 US$ Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale, Afghanistan or Gambia?
Afghanistan, at 1,935 2011 US$ against 1,882 2011 US$ in Gambia as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Afghanistan and Gambia?
53 2011 US$, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Gambia?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Afghanistan and Gambia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Afghanistan ranks 126th and Gambia ranks 128th of 145 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Unit
2011 US$
Source
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
145 places, 17,704 data points, 1000–2018
Last refreshed

Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]