China vs Peru: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
China
13,102 2011 US$
in 2018
Peru
12,310 2011 US$
in 2018
China rank
72nd
Peru rank
75th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- China
- Peru
How they compare
China currently reports 13,102 2011 US$ against 12,310 2011 US$ in Peru, a difference of 792 2011 US$.
That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 109 shared years of data; in 1600 it was China ahead.
China ranks 72nd and Peru ranks 75th of 145 countries.
Across the 36 decades both report, China averaged higher in 16 and Peru in 20.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 1,217 2011 US$ | 921 2011 US$ | 296.47 2011 US$ | China |
| 1610s | 1,282 2011 US$ | 1,076 2011 US$ | 206 2011 US$ | China |
| 1620s | 1,262 2011 US$ | 995 2011 US$ | 267 2011 US$ | China |
| 1660s | 1,330 2011 US$ | 918 2011 US$ | 412 2011 US$ | China |
| 1680s | 1,280 2011 US$ | 1,057 2011 US$ | 223 2011 US$ | China |
| 1690s | 1,413 2011 US$ | 945 2011 US$ | 468 2011 US$ | China |
| 1700s | 1,543 2011 US$ | 1,157 2011 US$ | 385.63 2011 US$ | China |
| 1710s | 1,406 2011 US$ | 1,176 2011 US$ | 230 2011 US$ | China |
| 1720s | 1,241 2011 US$ | 1,123 2011 US$ | 118 2011 US$ | China |
| 1730s | 1,234 2011 US$ | 1,144 2011 US$ | 90 2011 US$ | China |
| 1740s | 1,158 2011 US$ | 1,234 2011 US$ | 76 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1750s | 1,061 2011 US$ | 1,105 2011 US$ | 43.75 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1760s | 1,006 2011 US$ | 1,265 2011 US$ | 258.5 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1770s | 998 2011 US$ | 1,309 2011 US$ | 311 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1780s | 981 2011 US$ | 1,170 2011 US$ | 189 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1790s | 955 2011 US$ | 1,149 2011 US$ | 194 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1800s | 926.26 2011 US$ | 1,058 2011 US$ | 131.74 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1810s | 901 2011 US$ | 1,028 2011 US$ | 127 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1820s | 882 2011 US$ | 835 2011 US$ | 47 2011 US$ | China |
| 1830s | 846 2011 US$ | 669 2011 US$ | 177 2011 US$ | China |
| 1840s | 849 2011 US$ | 829 2011 US$ | 20 2011 US$ | China |
| 1850s | 858 2011 US$ | 945 2011 US$ | 87 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1870s | 945 2011 US$ | 1,675 2011 US$ | 730 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1880s | 912 2011 US$ | 826 2011 US$ | 86 2011 US$ | China |
| 1890s | 964 2011 US$ | 846 2011 US$ | 118 2011 US$ | China |
| 1900s | 972 2011 US$ | 1,084 2011 US$ | 112 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1910s | 945 2011 US$ | 1,610 2011 US$ | 665.5 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1920s | 1,003 2011 US$ | 3,041 2011 US$ | 2,038 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1930s | 1,004 2011 US$ | 2,753 2011 US$ | 1,749 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1950s | 1,080 2011 US$ | 4,156 2011 US$ | 3,076 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1960s | 1,124 2011 US$ | 5,542 2011 US$ | 4,418 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1970s | 1,561 2011 US$ | 6,508 2011 US$ | 4,947 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1980s | 2,506 2011 US$ | 6,205 2011 US$ | 3,700 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1990s | 3,780 2011 US$ | 5,383 2011 US$ | 1,603 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 2000s | 6,550 2011 US$ | 7,197 2011 US$ | 646.21 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 2010s | 11,609 2011 US$ | 11,088 2011 US$ | 521.29 2011 US$ | China |
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 Peru?
- China, at 13,102 2011 US$ against 12,310 2011 US$ in Peru 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 Peru?
- 792 2011 US$, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Peru?
- 109 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2018.
- How do China and Peru rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- China ranks 72nd and Peru ranks 75th 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.
Individual pages
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]