Germany vs Iceland: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Germany
46,178 2011 US$
in 2018
Iceland
43,438 2011 US$
in 2018
Germany rank
14th
Iceland rank
17th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Germany
- Iceland
How they compare
Germany currently reports 46,178 2011 US$ against 43,438 2011 US$ in Iceland, a difference of 2,740 2011 US$.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Iceland ahead.
Germany ranks 14th and Iceland ranks 17th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Iceland in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8,794 2011 US$ | 9,550 2011 US$ | 755.9 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 1960s | 14,244 2011 US$ | 13,020 2011 US$ | 1,224 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1970s | 19,554 2011 US$ | 19,243 2011 US$ | 310.5 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1980s | 23,980 2011 US$ | 26,584 2011 US$ | 2,604 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 1990s | 28,656 2011 US$ | 28,725 2011 US$ | 69.32 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 2000s | 36,611 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 60.4 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 2010s | 43,970 2011 US$ | 39,450 2011 US$ | 4,520 2011 US$ | Germany |
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, Germany or Iceland?
- Germany, at 46,178 2011 US$ against 43,438 2011 US$ in Iceland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Germany and Iceland?
- 2,740 2011 US$, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Iceland?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Germany and Iceland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Germany ranks 14th and Iceland ranks 17th 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]