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
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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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]