Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Burkina Faso
1,590 2011 US$
in 2018
Guinea-Bissau
1,501 2011 US$
in 2018
Burkina Faso rank
136th
Guinea-Bissau rank
137th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Burkina Faso
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 1,590 2011 US$ against 1,501 2011 US$ in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 89 2011 US$.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 137th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 5 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 851.2 2011 US$ | 626.2 2011 US$ | 225 2011 US$ | Burkina Faso |
| 1960s | 1,085 2011 US$ | 1,061 2011 US$ | 24.5 2011 US$ | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 1,152 2011 US$ | 1,418 2011 US$ | 265.8 2011 US$ | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1980s | 1,253 2011 US$ | 1,187 2011 US$ | 65.4 2011 US$ | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 1,264 2011 US$ | 1,283 2011 US$ | 18.88 2011 US$ | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 1,290 2011 US$ | 1,231 2011 US$ | 59.24 2011 US$ | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 1,441 2011 US$ | 1,406 2011 US$ | 35.59 2011 US$ | Burkina Faso |
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, Burkina Faso or Guinea-Bissau?
- Burkina Faso, at 1,590 2011 US$ against 1,501 2011 US$ in Guinea-Bissau as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
- 89 2011 US$, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 137th 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]