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

Austria
42,988 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Austria rank
18th
Sweden rank
15th

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

  • Austria
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 45,542 2011 US$ against 42,988 2011 US$ in Austria, a difference of 2,554 2011 US$.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Austria's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 154 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Austria ahead.

Austria ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.

Across the 20 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 11 and Sweden in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Sweden Difference Ahead
1820s 1,941 2011 US$ 1,415 2011 US$ 526 2011 US$ Austria
1830s 2,230 2011 US$ 1,468 2011 US$ 762 2011 US$ Austria
1840s 2,415 2011 US$ 1,568 2011 US$ 847 2011 US$ Austria
1850s 2,630 2011 US$ 1,715 2011 US$ 915 2011 US$ Austria
1860s 2,834 2011 US$ 1,941 2011 US$ 893 2011 US$ Austria
1870s 3,172 2011 US$ 2,308 2011 US$ 864.8 2011 US$ Austria
1880s 3,574 2011 US$ 2,476 2011 US$ 1,098 2011 US$ Austria
1890s 4,226 2011 US$ 2,922 2011 US$ 1,304 2011 US$ Austria
1900s 4,908 2011 US$ 3,663 2011 US$ 1,245 2011 US$ Austria
1910s 4,652 2011 US$ 4,546 2011 US$ 105.2 2011 US$ Austria
1920s 5,035 2011 US$ 5,436 2011 US$ 401.6 2011 US$ Sweden
1930s 5,135 2011 US$ 7,125 2011 US$ 1,991 2011 US$ Sweden
1940s 5,146 2011 US$ 8,543 2011 US$ 3,398 2011 US$ Sweden
1950s 7,722 2011 US$ 11,964 2011 US$ 4,242 2011 US$ Sweden
1960s 12,265 2011 US$ 16,627 2011 US$ 4,362 2011 US$ Sweden
1970s 18,555 2011 US$ 21,876 2011 US$ 3,321 2011 US$ Sweden
1980s 23,516 2011 US$ 25,589 2011 US$ 2,072 2011 US$ Sweden
1990s 29,677 2011 US$ 28,823 2011 US$ 853.48 2011 US$ Austria
2000s 37,616 2011 US$ 38,385 2011 US$ 769.27 2011 US$ Sweden
2010s 41,546 2011 US$ 43,310 2011 US$ 1,764 2011 US$ Sweden

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, Austria or Sweden?
Sweden, at 45,542 2011 US$ against 42,988 2011 US$ in Austria as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Austria and Sweden?
2,554 2011 US$, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Sweden?
154 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
How do Austria and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Austria ranks 18th and Sweden ranks 15th 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]