Canada vs Iceland: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Canada
44,869 2011 US$
in 2018
Iceland
43,438 2011 US$
in 2018
Canada rank
16th
Iceland rank
17th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Canada
- Iceland
How they compare
Canada currently reports 44,869 2011 US$ against 43,438 2011 US$ in Iceland, a difference of 1,431 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 16th and Iceland ranks 17th of 145 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 12,913 2011 US$ | 9,550 2011 US$ | 3,363 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1960s | 16,309 2011 US$ | 13,020 2011 US$ | 3,289 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1970s | 22,638 2011 US$ | 19,243 2011 US$ | 3,394 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1980s | 27,613 2011 US$ | 26,584 2011 US$ | 1,029 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1990s | 31,354 2011 US$ | 28,725 2011 US$ | 2,629 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2000s | 39,617 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 2,946 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2010s | 43,253 2011 US$ | 39,450 2011 US$ | 3,803 2011 US$ | Canada |
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, Canada or Iceland?
- Canada, at 44,869 2011 US$ against 43,438 2011 US$ in Iceland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Canada and Iceland?
- 1,431 2011 US$, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Iceland?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Canada and Iceland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Canada ranks 16th and Iceland ranks 17th 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]