Cuba vs El Salvador: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Cuba
8,326 2011 US$
in 2018
El Salvador
8,598 2011 US$
in 2018
Cuba rank
96th
El Salvador rank
94th

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time

  • Cuba
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 8,598 2011 US$ against 8,326 2011 US$ in Cuba, a difference of 272 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 99 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 96th and El Salvador ranks 94th of 145 countries.

Across the 10 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 5 and El Salvador in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba El Salvador Difference Ahead
1920s 2,371 2011 US$ 1,565 2011 US$ 806 2011 US$ Cuba
1930s 1,887 2011 US$ 1,553 2011 US$ 333.8 2011 US$ Cuba
1940s 2,304 2011 US$ 1,994 2011 US$ 310.1 2011 US$ Cuba
1950s 2,760 2011 US$ 2,594 2011 US$ 165.6 2011 US$ Cuba
1960s 3,128 2011 US$ 3,247 2011 US$ 118.7 2011 US$ El Salvador
1970s 3,621 2011 US$ 3,929 2011 US$ 307.8 2011 US$ El Salvador
1980s 4,784 2011 US$ 3,402 2011 US$ 1,381 2011 US$ Cuba
1990s 3,401 2011 US$ 4,348 2011 US$ 946.86 2011 US$ El Salvador
2000s 4,970 2011 US$ 6,365 2011 US$ 1,395 2011 US$ El Salvador
2010s 7,556 2011 US$ 7,987 2011 US$ 430.2 2011 US$ El Salvador

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, Cuba or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 8,598 2011 US$ against 8,326 2011 US$ in Cuba as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Cuba and El Salvador?
272 2011 US$, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and El Salvador?
99 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2018.
How do Cuba and El Salvador rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Cuba ranks 96th and El Salvador ranks 94th 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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Indicator
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Unit
2011 US$
Source
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
145 places, 17,704 data points, 1000–2018
Last refreshed

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]