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

Benin
2,220 2011 US$
in 2018
Yemen
2,285 2011 US$
in 2018
Benin rank
123rd
Yemen rank
122nd

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

  • Benin
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 2,285 2011 US$ against 2,220 2011 US$ in Benin, a difference of 65 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 123rd and Yemen ranks 122nd of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 1,501 2011 US$ 1,494 2011 US$ 7.1 2011 US$ Benin
1960s 1,497 2011 US$ 1,589 2011 US$ 92 2011 US$ Yemen
1970s 1,592 2011 US$ 2,877 2011 US$ 1,285 2011 US$ Yemen
1980s 1,785 2011 US$ 3,744 2011 US$ 1,959 2011 US$ Yemen
1990s 1,823 2011 US$ 3,826 2011 US$ 2,004 2011 US$ Yemen
2000s 1,907 2011 US$ 4,409 2011 US$ 2,502 2011 US$ Yemen
2010s 2,000 2011 US$ 3,461 2011 US$ 1,461 2011 US$ Yemen

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 Yemen?
Yemen, at 2,285 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 Yemen?
65 2011 US$, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Yemen?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Benin and Yemen rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Benin ranks 123rd and Yemen ranks 122nd 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]