Benin vs Senegal: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Benin
2,220 2011 US$
in 2018
Senegal
2,617 2011 US$
in 2018
Benin rank
123rd
Senegal rank
121st
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Benin
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 2,617 2011 US$ against 2,220 2011 US$ in Benin, a difference of 397 2011 US$.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Senegal ahead.
Benin ranks 123rd and Senegal ranks 121st of 145 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,501 2011 US$ | 2,160 2011 US$ | 659.5 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 1960s | 1,497 2011 US$ | 2,350 2011 US$ | 852.4 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 1970s | 1,592 2011 US$ | 2,208 2011 US$ | 615.9 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 1980s | 1,785 2011 US$ | 2,042 2011 US$ | 256.5 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 1990s | 1,823 2011 US$ | 1,919 2011 US$ | 96.59 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 2000s | 1,907 2011 US$ | 2,069 2011 US$ | 161.76 2011 US$ | Senegal |
| 2010s | 2,000 2011 US$ | 2,300 2011 US$ | 299.52 2011 US$ | Senegal |
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, Benin or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 2,617 2011 US$ against 2,220 2011 US$ in Benin as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Benin and Senegal?
- 397 2011 US$, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Senegal?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Benin and Senegal rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Benin ranks 123rd and Senegal ranks 121st 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]