France vs Japan: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
France
38,516 2011 US$
in 2018
Japan
38,674 2011 US$
in 2018
France rank
23rd
Japan rank
22nd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- France
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 38,674 2011 US$ against 38,516 2011 US$ in France, a difference of 158 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 145 shared years of data; in 1280 it was France ahead.
France ranks 23rd and Japan ranks 22nd of 145 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, France averaged higher in 23 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | France | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1280s | 1,321 2011 US$ | 841.11 2011 US$ | 479.89 2011 US$ | France |
| 1450s | 1,812 2011 US$ | 866.55 2011 US$ | 945.45 2011 US$ | France |
| 1600s | 1,610 2011 US$ | 1,061 2011 US$ | 549 2011 US$ | France |
| 1700s | 1,694 2011 US$ | 1,073 2011 US$ | 621 2011 US$ | France |
| 1720s | 1,745 2011 US$ | 1,073 2011 US$ | 671.75 2011 US$ | France |
| 1750s | 1,677 2011 US$ | 953 2011 US$ | 724 2011 US$ | France |
| 1820s | 1,809 2011 US$ | 1,317 2011 US$ | 492 2011 US$ | France |
| 1840s | 2,356 2011 US$ | 1,436 2011 US$ | 920.23 2011 US$ | France |
| 1850s | 2,546 2011 US$ | 1,436 2011 US$ | 1,110 2011 US$ | France |
| 1870s | 3,214 2011 US$ | 1,594 2011 US$ | 1,620 2011 US$ | France |
| 1880s | 3,597 2011 US$ | 1,777 2011 US$ | 1,820 2011 US$ | France |
| 1890s | 4,149 2011 US$ | 1,946 2011 US$ | 2,202 2011 US$ | France |
| 1900s | 4,666 2011 US$ | 2,217 2011 US$ | 2,449 2011 US$ | France |
| 1910s | 4,996 2011 US$ | 2,640 2011 US$ | 2,357 2011 US$ | France |
| 1920s | 6,305 2011 US$ | 3,336 2011 US$ | 2,969 2011 US$ | France |
| 1930s | 6,891 2011 US$ | 3,867 2011 US$ | 3,024 2011 US$ | France |
| 1940s | 5,662 2011 US$ | 3,933 2011 US$ | 1,728 2011 US$ | France |
| 1950s | 9,732 2011 US$ | 4,326 2011 US$ | 5,406 2011 US$ | France |
| 1960s | 14,367 2011 US$ | 9,633 2011 US$ | 4,734 2011 US$ | France |
| 1970s | 20,828 2011 US$ | 18,154 2011 US$ | 2,674 2011 US$ | France |
| 1980s | 25,022 2011 US$ | 24,345 2011 US$ | 677.1 2011 US$ | France |
| 1990s | 29,539 2011 US$ | 31,648 2011 US$ | 2,109 2011 US$ | Japan |
| 2000s | 35,167 2011 US$ | 34,276 2011 US$ | 891.66 2011 US$ | France |
| 2010s | 36,986 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 313.72 2011 US$ | France |
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, France or Japan?
- Japan, at 38,674 2011 US$ against 38,516 2011 US$ in France as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between France and Japan?
- 158 2011 US$, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for France and Japan?
- 145 years are reported by both, from 1280 to 2018.
- How do France and Japan rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- France ranks 23rd 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]