Ethiopia vs Rwanda: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Ethiopia
1,838 2011 US$
in 2018
Rwanda
1,929 2011 US$
in 2018
Ethiopia rank
129th
Rwanda rank
127th

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

  • Ethiopia
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1,929 2011 US$ against 1,838 2011 US$ in Ethiopia, a difference of 91 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 129th and Rwanda ranks 127th of 145 countries.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Rwanda Difference Ahead
1950s 657.5 2011 US$ 1,123 2011 US$ 465.2 2011 US$ Rwanda
1960s 830.3 2011 US$ 1,140 2011 US$ 309.8 2011 US$ Rwanda
1970s 978.2 2011 US$ 1,356 2011 US$ 377.6 2011 US$ Rwanda
1980s 968.2 2011 US$ 1,624 2011 US$ 655.8 2011 US$ Rwanda
1990s 775.56 2011 US$ 1,068 2011 US$ 292.84 2011 US$ Rwanda
2000s 856.53 2011 US$ 1,205 2011 US$ 348.12 2011 US$ Rwanda
2010s 1,466 2011 US$ 1,641 2011 US$ 174.29 2011 US$ Rwanda

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, Ethiopia or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 1,929 2011 US$ against 1,838 2011 US$ in Ethiopia as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Ethiopia and Rwanda?
91 2011 US$, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Rwanda?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Ethiopia and Rwanda rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Ethiopia ranks 129th and Rwanda ranks 127th 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]