Belgium vs Canada: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Belgium
39,756 2011 US$
in 2018
Canada
44,869 2011 US$
in 2018
Belgium rank
19th
Canada rank
16th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Belgium
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 44,869 2011 US$ against 39,756 2011 US$ in Belgium, a difference of 5,113 2011 US$.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 152 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 19th and Canada ranks 16th of 145 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 9 and Canada in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 2,358 2011 US$ | 1,441 2011 US$ | 917 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1850s | 2,944 2011 US$ | 2,120 2011 US$ | 824 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1860s | 3,655 2011 US$ | 2,313 2011 US$ | 1,342 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1870s | 4,529 2011 US$ | 2,774 2011 US$ | 1,755 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1880s | 5,056 2011 US$ | 3,354 2011 US$ | 1,702 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1890s | 5,596 2011 US$ | 3,899 2011 US$ | 1,697 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1900s | 6,124 2011 US$ | 5,524 2011 US$ | 599.3 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1910s | 6,100 2011 US$ | 6,897 2011 US$ | 797 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1920s | 7,359 2011 US$ | 6,836 2011 US$ | 523.3 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1930s | 7,731 2011 US$ | 6,601 2011 US$ | 1,130 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1940s | 7,151 2011 US$ | 10,909 2011 US$ | 3,758 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1950s | 9,719 2011 US$ | 12,913 2011 US$ | 3,194 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1960s | 13,363 2011 US$ | 16,309 2011 US$ | 2,946 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1970s | 19,776 2011 US$ | 22,638 2011 US$ | 2,862 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1980s | 24,107 2011 US$ | 27,613 2011 US$ | 3,506 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1990s | 29,416 2011 US$ | 31,354 2011 US$ | 1,938 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2000s | 35,898 2011 US$ | 39,617 2011 US$ | 3,719 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2010s | 38,465 2011 US$ | 43,253 2011 US$ | 4,788 2011 US$ | Canada |
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, Belgium or Canada?
- Canada, at 44,869 2011 US$ against 39,756 2011 US$ in Belgium as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Belgium and Canada?
- 5,113 2011 US$, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Canada?
- 152 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Belgium and Canada rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Belgium ranks 19th and Canada ranks 16th 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]