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

Australia
49,831 2011 US$
in 2018
Netherlands
47,474 2011 US$
in 2018
Australia rank
11th
Netherlands rank
12th

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

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How they compare

Australia currently reports 49,831 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 2,357 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 11th and Netherlands ranks 12th of 145 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 14 and Netherlands in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Netherlands Difference Ahead
1820s 952.2 2011 US$ 3,113 2011 US$ 2,161 2011 US$ Netherlands
1830s 1,621 2011 US$ 3,399 2011 US$ 1,778 2011 US$ Netherlands
1840s 2,452 2011 US$ 3,579 2011 US$ 1,127 2011 US$ Netherlands
1850s 4,180 2011 US$ 3,821 2011 US$ 359.2 2011 US$ Australia
1860s 4,635 2011 US$ 4,047 2011 US$ 587.3 2011 US$ Australia
1870s 6,128 2011 US$ 4,492 2011 US$ 1,636 2011 US$ Australia
1880s 7,048 2011 US$ 5,035 2011 US$ 2,013 2011 US$ Australia
1890s 6,203 2011 US$ 5,237 2011 US$ 966.3 2011 US$ Australia
1900s 6,874 2011 US$ 5,608 2011 US$ 1,266 2011 US$ Australia
1910s 7,887 2011 US$ 6,131 2011 US$ 1,756 2011 US$ Australia
1920s 8,406 2011 US$ 7,983 2011 US$ 422.7 2011 US$ Australia
1930s 8,263 2011 US$ 8,278 2011 US$ 14.5 2011 US$ Netherlands
1940s 11,142 2011 US$ 6,959 2011 US$ 4,183 2011 US$ Australia
1950s 12,559 2011 US$ 11,034 2011 US$ 1,526 2011 US$ Australia
1960s 15,869 2011 US$ 15,275 2011 US$ 594.2 2011 US$ Australia
1970s 20,872 2011 US$ 21,354 2011 US$ 481.7 2011 US$ Netherlands
1980s 24,614 2011 US$ 24,273 2011 US$ 340.9 2011 US$ Australia
1990s 30,544 2011 US$ 30,959 2011 US$ 415.65 2011 US$ Netherlands
2000s 41,055 2011 US$ 40,867 2011 US$ 188.5 2011 US$ Australia
2010s 47,772 2011 US$ 44,989 2011 US$ 2,783 2011 US$ Australia

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, Australia or Netherlands?
Australia, at 49,831 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Australia and Netherlands?
2,357 2011 US$, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
199 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Australia ranks 11th and Netherlands ranks 12th 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]