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
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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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]