China vs Iraq: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
China
13,102 2011 US$
in 2018
Iraq
12,836 2011 US$
in 2018
China rank
72nd
Iraq rank
73rd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- China
- Iraq
How they compare
China currently reports 13,102 2011 US$ against 12,836 2011 US$ in Iraq, a difference of 266 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Iraq ahead.
China ranks 72nd and Iraq ranks 73rd of 145 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Iraq in 8.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 1,225 2011 US$ | 1,307 2011 US$ | 81.89 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1120s | 1,181 2011 US$ | 1,084 2011 US$ | 96.96 2011 US$ | China |
| 1820s | 882 2011 US$ | 877 2011 US$ | 5 2011 US$ | China |
| 1870s | 945 2011 US$ | 956 2011 US$ | 11 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1910s | 985 2011 US$ | 1,275 2011 US$ | 290 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1950s | 1,080 2011 US$ | 3,341 2011 US$ | 2,262 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1960s | 1,124 2011 US$ | 5,054 2011 US$ | 3,931 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1970s | 1,561 2011 US$ | 7,128 2011 US$ | 5,568 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1980s | 2,506 2011 US$ | 6,635 2011 US$ | 4,129 2011 US$ | Iraq |
| 1990s | 3,780 2011 US$ | 2,435 2011 US$ | 1,346 2011 US$ | China |
| 2000s | 6,550 2011 US$ | 6,128 2011 US$ | 422.78 2011 US$ | China |
| 2010s | 11,609 2011 US$ | 12,594 2011 US$ | 984.93 2011 US$ | Iraq |
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, China or Iraq?
- China, at 13,102 2011 US$ against 12,836 2011 US$ in Iraq as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between China and Iraq?
- 266 2011 US$, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Iraq?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2018.
- How do China and Iraq rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- China ranks 72nd and Iraq ranks 73rd 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]