Belgium vs Japan: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Belgium
39,756 2011 US$
in 2018
Japan
38,674 2011 US$
in 2018
Belgium rank
19th
Japan rank
22nd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Belgium
- Japan
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 39,756 2011 US$ against 38,674 2011 US$ in Japan, a difference of 1,082 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 19th and Japan ranks 22nd of 145 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 19 and Japan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 2,533 2011 US$ | 1,061 2011 US$ | 1,472 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1700s | 2,192 2011 US$ | 1,073 2011 US$ | 1,119 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1750s | 2,169 2011 US$ | 953 2011 US$ | 1,216 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1820s | 2,358 2011 US$ | 1,317 2011 US$ | 1,041 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1840s | 2,700 2011 US$ | 1,436 2011 US$ | 1,264 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1850s | 2,944 2011 US$ | 1,436 2011 US$ | 1,508 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1870s | 4,449 2011 US$ | 1,594 2011 US$ | 2,855 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1880s | 5,154 2011 US$ | 1,777 2011 US$ | 3,377 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1890s | 5,596 2011 US$ | 1,946 2011 US$ | 3,650 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1900s | 6,124 2011 US$ | 2,217 2011 US$ | 3,907 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1910s | 6,100 2011 US$ | 2,640 2011 US$ | 3,460 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1920s | 7,359 2011 US$ | 3,336 2011 US$ | 4,023 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1930s | 7,731 2011 US$ | 3,867 2011 US$ | 3,864 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1940s | 7,151 2011 US$ | 3,933 2011 US$ | 3,217 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1950s | 9,719 2011 US$ | 4,326 2011 US$ | 5,393 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1960s | 13,363 2011 US$ | 9,633 2011 US$ | 3,729 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1970s | 19,776 2011 US$ | 18,154 2011 US$ | 1,622 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1980s | 24,107 2011 US$ | 24,345 2011 US$ | 238.1 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 1990s | 29,416 2011 US$ | 31,648 2011 US$ | 2,232 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 2000s | 35,898 2011 US$ | 34,276 2011 US$ | 1,622 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 2010s | 38,465 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 1,793 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 Japan?
- Belgium, at 39,756 2011 US$ against 38,674 2011 US$ in Japan 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 Japan?
- 1,082 2011 US$, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Japan?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2018.
- How do Belgium and Japan rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Belgium ranks 19th and Japan ranks 22nd 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.
Individual pages
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]