Congo vs Jamaica: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Congo
5,715 2011 US$
in 2018
Jamaica
7,273 2011 US$
in 2018
Congo rank
103rd
Jamaica rank
100th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Congo
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 7,273 2011 US$ against 5,715 2011 US$ in Congo, a difference of 1,558 2011 US$.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.
Across all 69 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Congo ranks 103rd and Jamaica ranks 100th of 145 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,836 2011 US$ | 3,103 2011 US$ | 1,267 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 2,128 2011 US$ | 4,763 2011 US$ | 2,635 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 2,678 2011 US$ | 5,927 2011 US$ | 3,249 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 4,046 2011 US$ | 5,131 2011 US$ | 1,085 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 3,873 2011 US$ | 6,412 2011 US$ | 2,539 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 4,704 2011 US$ | 6,995 2011 US$ | 2,291 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 5,958 2011 US$ | 7,084 2011 US$ | 1,126 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
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, Congo or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 7,273 2011 US$ against 5,715 2011 US$ in Congo as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Congo and Jamaica?
- 1,558 2011 US$, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Jamaica?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Congo and Jamaica rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Congo ranks 103rd and Jamaica ranks 100th 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]