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

Belgium
39,756 2011 US$
in 2018
Finland
38,897 2011 US$
in 2018
Belgium rank
19th
Finland rank
21st

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

  • Belgium
  • Finland
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 39,756 2011 US$ against 38,897 2011 US$ in Finland, a difference of 859 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 165 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Belgium ahead.

Belgium ranks 19th and Finland ranks 21st of 145 countries.

Across the 22 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 21 and Finland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Finland Difference Ahead
1600s 2,533 2011 US$ 1,191 2011 US$ 1,342 2011 US$ Belgium
1650s 2,303 2011 US$ 1,246 2011 US$ 1,057 2011 US$ Belgium
1700s 2,192 2011 US$ 1,331 2011 US$ 861 2011 US$ Belgium
1750s 2,169 2011 US$ 1,486 2011 US$ 683 2011 US$ Belgium
1820s 2,358 2011 US$ 1,313 2011 US$ 1,045 2011 US$ Belgium
1850s 2,944 2011 US$ 1,519 2011 US$ 1,425 2011 US$ Belgium
1860s 3,906 2011 US$ 1,536 2011 US$ 2,371 2011 US$ Belgium
1870s 4,529 2011 US$ 1,886 2011 US$ 2,644 2011 US$ Belgium
1880s 5,056 2011 US$ 1,965 2011 US$ 3,091 2011 US$ Belgium
1890s 5,596 2011 US$ 2,345 2011 US$ 3,251 2011 US$ Belgium
1900s 6,124 2011 US$ 2,773 2011 US$ 3,351 2011 US$ Belgium
1910s 6,100 2011 US$ 2,927 2011 US$ 3,173 2011 US$ Belgium
1920s 7,359 2011 US$ 3,650 2011 US$ 3,709 2011 US$ Belgium
1930s 7,731 2011 US$ 4,829 2011 US$ 2,902 2011 US$ Belgium
1940s 7,151 2011 US$ 5,770 2011 US$ 1,380 2011 US$ Belgium
1950s 9,719 2011 US$ 8,028 2011 US$ 1,691 2011 US$ Belgium
1960s 13,363 2011 US$ 11,862 2011 US$ 1,500 2011 US$ Belgium
1970s 19,776 2011 US$ 17,579 2011 US$ 2,197 2011 US$ Belgium
1980s 24,107 2011 US$ 23,144 2011 US$ 962.3 2011 US$ Belgium
1990s 29,416 2011 US$ 26,636 2011 US$ 2,780 2011 US$ Belgium
2000s 35,898 2011 US$ 36,239 2011 US$ 341.19 2011 US$ Finland
2010s 38,465 2011 US$ 37,688 2011 US$ 776.7 2011 US$ Belgium

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 Finland?
Belgium, at 39,756 2011 US$ against 38,897 2011 US$ in Finland 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 Finland?
859 2011 US$, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Finland?
165 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2018.
How do Belgium and Finland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Belgium ranks 19th and Finland ranks 21st 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]