Finland vs Japan: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Finland
38,897 2011 US$
in 2018
Japan
38,674 2011 US$
in 2018
Finland rank
21st
Japan rank
22nd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Finland
- Japan
How they compare
Finland currently reports 38,897 2011 US$ against 38,674 2011 US$ in Japan, a difference of 223 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 142 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Finland ahead.
Finland ranks 21st and Japan ranks 22nd of 145 countries.
Across the 21 decades both report, Finland averaged higher in 16 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Finland | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 1,191 2011 US$ | 1,061 2011 US$ | 130 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1700s | 1,331 2011 US$ | 1,073 2011 US$ | 258 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1750s | 1,486 2011 US$ | 953 2011 US$ | 533 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1800s | 1,213 2011 US$ | 1,317 2011 US$ | 104 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 1820s | 1,313 2011 US$ | 1,317 2011 US$ | 4 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 1850s | 1,519 2011 US$ | 1,436 2011 US$ | 83 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1870s | 1,868 2011 US$ | 1,594 2011 US$ | 274.26 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1880s | 2,044 2011 US$ | 1,777 2011 US$ | 266.76 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1890s | 2,345 2011 US$ | 1,946 2011 US$ | 398.99 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1900s | 2,773 2011 US$ | 2,217 2011 US$ | 555.8 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1910s | 2,927 2011 US$ | 2,640 2011 US$ | 287.13 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1920s | 3,650 2011 US$ | 3,336 2011 US$ | 314.1 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1930s | 4,829 2011 US$ | 3,867 2011 US$ | 962.09 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1940s | 5,770 2011 US$ | 3,933 2011 US$ | 1,837 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1950s | 8,028 2011 US$ | 4,326 2011 US$ | 3,702 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1960s | 11,862 2011 US$ | 9,633 2011 US$ | 2,229 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 1970s | 17,579 2011 US$ | 18,154 2011 US$ | 575.7 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 1980s | 23,144 2011 US$ | 24,345 2011 US$ | 1,200 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 1990s | 26,636 2011 US$ | 31,648 2011 US$ | 5,012 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 2000s | 36,239 2011 US$ | 34,276 2011 US$ | 1,964 2011 US$ | Finland |
| 2010s | 37,688 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 1,016 2011 US$ | Finland |
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, Finland or Japan?
- Finland, at 38,897 2011 US$ against 38,674 2011 US$ in Japan as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Finland and Japan?
- 223 2011 US$, with Finland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Finland and Japan?
- 142 years are reported by both, from 1600 to 2018.
- How do Finland and Japan rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Finland ranks 21st and Japan ranks 22nd 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]