Australia vs United States of America: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Australia
49,831 2011 US$
in 2018
United States of America
55,335 2011 US$
in 2018
Australia rank
11th
United States of America rank
9th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Australia
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 55,335 2011 US$ against 49,831 2011 US$ in Australia, a difference of 5,504 2011 US$.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1820 it was United States of America ahead.
Australia ranks 11th and United States of America ranks 9th of 145 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and United States of America in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 952.2 2011 US$ | 2,829 2011 US$ | 1,876 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1830s | 1,621 2011 US$ | 3,343 2011 US$ | 1,722 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1840s | 2,452 2011 US$ | 3,450 2011 US$ | 998.19 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1850s | 4,180 2011 US$ | 4,091 2011 US$ | 89.39 2011 US$ | Australia |
| 1860s | 4,635 2011 US$ | 4,653 2011 US$ | 18.4 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1870s | 6,128 2011 US$ | 5,096 2011 US$ | 1,032 2011 US$ | Australia |
| 1880s | 7,048 2011 US$ | 6,488 2011 US$ | 559.99 2011 US$ | Australia |
| 1890s | 6,203 2011 US$ | 7,098 2011 US$ | 895.08 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1900s | 6,874 2011 US$ | 9,092 2011 US$ | 2,218 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1910s | 7,887 2011 US$ | 9,863 2011 US$ | 1,976 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1920s | 8,406 2011 US$ | 10,977 2011 US$ | 2,571 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1930s | 8,263 2011 US$ | 9,896 2011 US$ | 1,633 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1940s | 11,142 2011 US$ | 14,802 2011 US$ | 3,660 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1950s | 12,559 2011 US$ | 16,826 2011 US$ | 4,266 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1960s | 15,869 2011 US$ | 20,973 2011 US$ | 5,104 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1970s | 20,872 2011 US$ | 26,690 2011 US$ | 5,818 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1980s | 24,614 2011 US$ | 32,533 2011 US$ | 7,919 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1990s | 30,544 2011 US$ | 39,643 2011 US$ | 9,099 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2000s | 41,055 2011 US$ | 48,346 2011 US$ | 7,290 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2010s | 47,772 2011 US$ | 51,868 2011 US$ | 4,096 2011 US$ | United States of America |
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 United States of America?
- United States of America, at 55,335 2011 US$ against 49,831 2011 US$ in Australia 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 United States of America?
- 5,504 2011 US$, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States of America?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Australia and United States of America rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Australia ranks 11th and United States of America ranks 9th 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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About this data
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]