Denmark vs Sweden: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Denmark
46,312 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Denmark rank
13th
Sweden rank
15th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Denmark
- Sweden
How they compare
Denmark currently reports 46,312 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden, a difference of 770 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 199 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Denmark ahead.
Denmark ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.
Across the 20 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 19 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Denmark | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 2,109 2011 US$ | 1,478 2011 US$ | 631 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1830s | 2,177 2011 US$ | 1,516 2011 US$ | 661.1 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1840s | 2,426 2011 US$ | 1,572 2011 US$ | 854.8 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1850s | 2,750 2011 US$ | 1,752 2011 US$ | 997.9 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1860s | 2,923 2011 US$ | 1,892 2011 US$ | 1,031 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1870s | 3,312 2011 US$ | 2,308 2011 US$ | 1,004 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1880s | 3,664 2011 US$ | 2,476 2011 US$ | 1,187 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1890s | 4,344 2011 US$ | 2,922 2011 US$ | 1,422 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1900s | 5,309 2011 US$ | 3,663 2011 US$ | 1,646 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1910s | 6,057 2011 US$ | 4,546 2011 US$ | 1,511 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1920s | 7,104 2011 US$ | 5,436 2011 US$ | 1,667 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1930s | 8,773 2011 US$ | 7,125 2011 US$ | 1,648 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1940s | 8,679 2011 US$ | 8,543 2011 US$ | 135.5 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1950s | 11,959 2011 US$ | 11,964 2011 US$ | 4.8 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1960s | 16,909 2011 US$ | 16,627 2011 US$ | 281.9 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1970s | 22,274 2011 US$ | 21,876 2011 US$ | 397.6 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1980s | 26,845 2011 US$ | 25,589 2011 US$ | 1,256 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 1990s | 32,998 2011 US$ | 28,823 2011 US$ | 4,174 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 2000s | 41,643 2011 US$ | 38,385 2011 US$ | 3,258 2011 US$ | Denmark |
| 2010s | 44,359 2011 US$ | 43,310 2011 US$ | 1,049 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 Sweden?
- Denmark, at 46,312 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden 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 Sweden?
- 770 2011 US$, with Denmark ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Sweden?
- 199 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Denmark and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Denmark ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 15th 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]