Cameroon vs Kenya: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Cameroon
2,888 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Cameroon rank
118th
Kenya rank
116th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Cameroon
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3,377 2011 US$ against 2,888 2011 US$ in Cameroon, a difference of 489 2011 US$.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 118th and Kenya ranks 116th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Kenya in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,189 2011 US$ | 1,123 2011 US$ | 65.9 2011 US$ | Cameroon |
| 1960s | 1,407 2011 US$ | 1,228 2011 US$ | 179 2011 US$ | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 1,656 2011 US$ | 1,548 2011 US$ | 107.8 2011 US$ | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 2,315 2011 US$ | 1,668 2011 US$ | 646.7 2011 US$ | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 1,770 2011 US$ | 1,801 2011 US$ | 30.99 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 2000s | 2,195 2011 US$ | 2,147 2011 US$ | 47.89 2011 US$ | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2,679 2011 US$ | 2,966 2011 US$ | 287.49 2011 US$ | Kenya |
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, Cameroon or Kenya?
- Kenya, at 3,377 2011 US$ against 2,888 2011 US$ in Cameroon as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Cameroon and Kenya?
- 489 2011 US$, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Kenya?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Cameroon and Kenya rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Cameroon ranks 118th and Kenya ranks 116th 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]