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

Bangladesh
4,099 2011 US$
in 2018
Zambia
3,534 2011 US$
in 2018
Bangladesh rank
111th
Zambia rank
114th

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

  • Bangladesh
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 4,099 2011 US$ against 3,534 2011 US$ in Zambia, a difference of 565 2011 US$.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.2 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 111th and Zambia ranks 114th of 145 countries.

Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Zambia Difference Ahead
1950s 852.5 2011 US$ 1,216 2011 US$ 363.1 2011 US$ Zambia
1960s 935.1 2011 US$ 1,619 2011 US$ 684.3 2011 US$ Zambia
1970s 872.9 2011 US$ 1,654 2011 US$ 780.8 2011 US$ Zambia
1980s 919 2011 US$ 1,305 2011 US$ 386.3 2011 US$ Zambia
1990s 1,180 2011 US$ 1,276 2011 US$ 96.23 2011 US$ Zambia
2000s 1,913 2011 US$ 1,971 2011 US$ 58.04 2011 US$ Zambia
2010s 3,278 2011 US$ 3,386 2011 US$ 107.91 2011 US$ Zambia

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, Bangladesh or Zambia?
Bangladesh, at 4,099 2011 US$ against 3,534 2011 US$ in Zambia as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Bangladesh and Zambia?
565 2011 US$, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Zambia?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Bangladesh and Zambia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Bangladesh ranks 111th and Zambia ranks 114th 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]