Costa Rica vs Dominican Republic: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Costa Rica
14,686 2011 US$
in 2018
Dominican Republic
15,912 2011 US$
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
66th
Dominican Republic rank
63rd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 15,912 2011 US$ against 14,686 2011 US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 1,226 2011 US$.
That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 66th and Dominican Republic ranks 63rd of 145 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Dominican Republic | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3,673 2011 US$ | 1,902 2011 US$ | 1,771 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 4,934 2011 US$ | 2,181 2011 US$ | 2,753 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7,015 2011 US$ | 3,227 2011 US$ | 3,788 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 7,183 2011 US$ | 3,844 2011 US$ | 3,339 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 8,395 2011 US$ | 4,928 2011 US$ | 3,467 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 10,463 2011 US$ | 8,347 2011 US$ | 2,116 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 13,362 2011 US$ | 13,250 2011 US$ | 111.77 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
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, Costa Rica or Dominican Republic?
- Dominican Republic, at 15,912 2011 US$ against 14,686 2011 US$ in Costa Rica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Costa Rica and Dominican Republic?
- 1,226 2011 US$, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Dominican Republic?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Dominican Republic rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th and Dominican Republic ranks 63rd 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]