Egypt vs South Africa: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Egypt
11,957 2011 US$
in 2018
South Africa
12,166 2011 US$
in 2018
Egypt rank
79th
South Africa rank
76th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Egypt
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 12,166 2011 US$ against 11,957 2011 US$ in Egypt, a difference of 209 2011 US$.
Across all 71 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 79th and South Africa ranks 76th of 145 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 956 2011 US$ | 1,188 2011 US$ | 232 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1870s | 1,195 2011 US$ | 1,286 2011 US$ | 91 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1950s | 1,455 2011 US$ | 4,433 2011 US$ | 2,978 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1960s | 1,799 2011 US$ | 5,544 2011 US$ | 3,745 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1970s | 2,391 2011 US$ | 6,673 2011 US$ | 4,282 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1980s | 3,748 2011 US$ | 6,571 2011 US$ | 2,823 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1990s | 4,981 2011 US$ | 6,453 2011 US$ | 1,471 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 2000s | 8,120 2011 US$ | 9,272 2011 US$ | 1,152 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 2010s | 11,122 2011 US$ | 12,034 2011 US$ | 911.18 2011 US$ | South Africa |
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, Egypt or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 12,166 2011 US$ against 11,957 2011 US$ in Egypt as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Egypt and South Africa?
- 209 2011 US$, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South Africa?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Egypt and South Africa rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Egypt ranks 79th and South Africa ranks 76th 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]