Burkina Faso vs Zimbabwe: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Burkina Faso
1,590 2011 US$
in 2018
Zimbabwe
1,611 2011 US$
in 2018
Burkina Faso rank
136th
Zimbabwe rank
134th

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

  • Burkina Faso
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 1,611 2011 US$ against 1,590 2011 US$ in Burkina Faso, a difference of 21 2011 US$.

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

Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Zimbabwe ranks 134th of 145 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1950s 851.2 2011 US$ 1,296 2011 US$ 445.3 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1960s 1,085 2011 US$ 1,552 2011 US$ 467 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1970s 1,152 2011 US$ 2,126 2011 US$ 974.1 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1980s 1,253 2011 US$ 2,134 2011 US$ 881.1 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1990s 1,264 2011 US$ 2,183 2011 US$ 918.81 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
2000s 1,290 2011 US$ 1,659 2011 US$ 368.76 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
2010s 1,441 2011 US$ 1,556 2011 US$ 115.18 2011 US$ Zimbabwe

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 Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 1,611 2011 US$ against 1,590 2011 US$ in Burkina Faso 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 Zimbabwe?
21 2011 US$, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Burkina Faso ranks 136th and Zimbabwe ranks 134th 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]