Canada vs Sweden: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Canada
44,869 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Canada rank
16th
Sweden rank
15th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Canada
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 45,542 2011 US$ against 44,869 2011 US$ in Canada, a difference of 673 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 154 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 17 and Sweden in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1,441 2011 US$ | 1,415 2011 US$ | 26 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1830s | 1,594 2011 US$ | 1,468 2011 US$ | 126 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1840s | 1,852 2011 US$ | 1,568 2011 US$ | 284 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1850s | 2,120 2011 US$ | 1,715 2011 US$ | 405 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1860s | 2,313 2011 US$ | 1,941 2011 US$ | 372 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1870s | 2,774 2011 US$ | 2,308 2011 US$ | 466.6 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1880s | 3,354 2011 US$ | 2,476 2011 US$ | 877.6 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1890s | 3,899 2011 US$ | 2,922 2011 US$ | 976.7 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1900s | 5,524 2011 US$ | 3,663 2011 US$ | 1,862 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1910s | 6,897 2011 US$ | 4,546 2011 US$ | 2,350 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1920s | 6,836 2011 US$ | 5,436 2011 US$ | 1,400 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1930s | 6,601 2011 US$ | 7,125 2011 US$ | 524.7 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1940s | 10,909 2011 US$ | 8,543 2011 US$ | 2,366 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1950s | 12,913 2011 US$ | 11,964 2011 US$ | 948.6 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1960s | 16,309 2011 US$ | 16,627 2011 US$ | 318.2 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1970s | 22,638 2011 US$ | 21,876 2011 US$ | 761.6 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1980s | 27,613 2011 US$ | 25,589 2011 US$ | 2,024 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 1990s | 31,354 2011 US$ | 28,823 2011 US$ | 2,531 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2000s | 39,617 2011 US$ | 38,385 2011 US$ | 1,232 2011 US$ | Canada |
| 2010s | 43,253 2011 US$ | 43,310 2011 US$ | 57.08 2011 US$ | Sweden |
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 Sweden?
- Sweden, at 45,542 2011 US$ against 44,869 2011 US$ in Canada 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 Sweden?
- 673 2011 US$, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Sweden?
- 154 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Canada and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Canada ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 15th 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]