Denmark vs Germany: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Denmark
46,312 2011 US$
in 2018
Germany
46,178 2011 US$
in 2018
Denmark rank
13th
Germany rank
14th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Denmark
- Germany
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 46,312 2011 US$ against 46,178 2011 US$ in Germany, a difference of 134 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 170 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 13th and Germany ranks 14th of 145 countries.
Denmark has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 2,031 2011 US$ | 1,572 2011 US$ | 459 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1850s | 2,750 2011 US$ | 2,359 2011 US$ | 390.5 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1860s | 2,923 2011 US$ | 2,777 2011 US$ | 145.5 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1870s | 3,312 2011 US$ | 3,197 2011 US$ | 114.4 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1880s | 3,664 2011 US$ | 3,475 2011 US$ | 188.1 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1890s | 4,344 2011 US$ | 4,210 2011 US$ | 134.2 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1900s | 5,309 2011 US$ | 4,920 2011 US$ | 388.7 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1910s | 6,057 2011 US$ | 4,996 2011 US$ | 1,062 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1920s | 7,104 2011 US$ | 5,479 2011 US$ | 1,625 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1930s | 8,773 2011 US$ | 6,704 2011 US$ | 2,069 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1940s | 8,679 2011 US$ | 7,031 2011 US$ | 1,648 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1950s | 11,959 2011 US$ | 8,794 2011 US$ | 3,165 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1960s | 16,909 2011 US$ | 14,244 2011 US$ | 2,665 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1970s | 22,274 2011 US$ | 19,554 2011 US$ | 2,720 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1980s | 26,845 2011 US$ | 23,980 2011 US$ | 2,865 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1990s | 32,998 2011 US$ | 28,656 2011 US$ | 4,342 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 2000s | 41,643 2011 US$ | 36,611 2011 US$ | 5,031 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 2010s | 44,359 2011 US$ | 43,970 2011 US$ | 388.59 2011 US$ | Denmark |
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, Denmark or Germany?
- Denmark, at 46,312 2011 US$ against 46,178 2011 US$ in Germany as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Denmark and Germany?
- 134 2011 US$, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Germany?
- 170 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Denmark and Germany rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Denmark ranks 13th and Germany ranks 14th 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]