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

Benin
2,220 2011 US$
in 2018
Uganda
2,045 2011 US$
in 2018
Benin rank
123rd
Uganda rank
125th

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

  • Benin
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 2,220 2011 US$ against 2,045 2011 US$ in Uganda, a difference of 175 2011 US$.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 123rd and Uganda ranks 125th of 145 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Uganda Difference Ahead
1950s 1,501 2011 US$ 1,078 2011 US$ 423 2011 US$ Benin
1960s 1,497 2011 US$ 1,232 2011 US$ 265 2011 US$ Benin
1970s 1,592 2011 US$ 1,251 2011 US$ 340.8 2011 US$ Benin
1980s 1,785 2011 US$ 917 2011 US$ 868.3 2011 US$ Benin
1990s 1,823 2011 US$ 1,031 2011 US$ 791.31 2011 US$ Benin
2000s 1,907 2011 US$ 1,441 2011 US$ 466.71 2011 US$ Benin
2010s 2,000 2011 US$ 1,931 2011 US$ 68.87 2011 US$ Benin

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 Uganda?
Benin, at 2,220 2011 US$ against 2,045 2011 US$ in Uganda 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 Uganda?
175 2011 US$, with Benin ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Uganda?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Benin and Uganda rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Benin ranks 123rd and Uganda ranks 125th 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]