Brazil vs China: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Brazil
14,034 2011 US$
in 2018
China
13,102 2011 US$
in 2018
Brazil rank
69th
China rank
72nd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 14,034 2011 US$ against 13,102 2011 US$ in China, a difference of 932 2011 US$.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 88 shared years of data; in 1800 it was China ahead.
Brazil ranks 69th and China ranks 72nd of 145 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 14 and China in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 867 2011 US$ | 926.26 2011 US$ | 59.26 2011 US$ | China |
| 1820s | 867 2011 US$ | 882 2011 US$ | 15 2011 US$ | China |
| 1850s | 867 2011 US$ | 858 2011 US$ | 9 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1870s | 1,084 2011 US$ | 945 2011 US$ | 139 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1880s | 1,017 2011 US$ | 912 2011 US$ | 105 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1890s | 1,084 2011 US$ | 964 2011 US$ | 120 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1900s | 874 2011 US$ | 972 2011 US$ | 98 2011 US$ | China |
| 1910s | 1,061 2011 US$ | 945 2011 US$ | 116 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1920s | 1,465 2011 US$ | 1,003 2011 US$ | 462 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1930s | 1,460 2011 US$ | 1,004 2011 US$ | 456.11 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1950s | 2,619 2011 US$ | 1,080 2011 US$ | 1,539 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1960s | 3,748 2011 US$ | 1,124 2011 US$ | 2,624 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1970s | 6,371 2011 US$ | 1,561 2011 US$ | 4,810 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1980s | 7,929 2011 US$ | 2,506 2011 US$ | 5,424 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1990s | 8,667 2011 US$ | 3,780 2011 US$ | 4,887 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 2000s | 11,325 2011 US$ | 6,550 2011 US$ | 4,775 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 2010s | 14,698 2011 US$ | 11,609 2011 US$ | 3,089 2011 US$ | Brazil |
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, Brazil or China?
- Brazil, at 14,034 2011 US$ against 13,102 2011 US$ in China as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Brazil and China?
- 932 2011 US$, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China?
- 88 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2018.
- How do Brazil and China rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Brazil ranks 69th and China ranks 72nd 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]