Germany vs Sweden: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Germany
46,178 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Germany rank
14th
Sweden rank
15th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Germany
- Sweden
How they compare
Germany currently reports 46,178 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden, a difference of 636 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 176 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Germany ahead.
Germany ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 15 and Sweden in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 1,827 2011 US$ | 1,760 2011 US$ | 67 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1600s | 1,286 2011 US$ | 1,258 2011 US$ | 28 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1650s | 1,511 2011 US$ | 1,388 2011 US$ | 123 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1700s | 1,497 2011 US$ | 2,002 2011 US$ | 505 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1750s | 1,674 2011 US$ | 1,554 2011 US$ | 120 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1800s | 1,572 2011 US$ | 1,366 2011 US$ | 206 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1820s | 1,572 2011 US$ | 1,415 2011 US$ | 157 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1850s | 2,359 2011 US$ | 1,752 2011 US$ | 607.4 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1860s | 2,777 2011 US$ | 1,892 2011 US$ | 885.5 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1870s | 3,197 2011 US$ | 2,308 2011 US$ | 889.4 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1880s | 3,475 2011 US$ | 2,476 2011 US$ | 998.9 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1890s | 4,210 2011 US$ | 2,922 2011 US$ | 1,288 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1900s | 4,920 2011 US$ | 3,663 2011 US$ | 1,258 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1910s | 4,996 2011 US$ | 4,546 2011 US$ | 449.4 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1920s | 5,479 2011 US$ | 5,436 2011 US$ | 42.7 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1930s | 6,704 2011 US$ | 7,125 2011 US$ | 421.5 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1940s | 7,031 2011 US$ | 8,543 2011 US$ | 1,512 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1950s | 8,794 2011 US$ | 11,964 2011 US$ | 3,170 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1960s | 14,244 2011 US$ | 16,627 2011 US$ | 2,383 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1970s | 19,554 2011 US$ | 21,876 2011 US$ | 2,322 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1980s | 23,980 2011 US$ | 25,589 2011 US$ | 1,608 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1990s | 28,656 2011 US$ | 28,823 2011 US$ | 167.2 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 2000s | 36,611 2011 US$ | 38,385 2011 US$ | 1,773 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 2010s | 43,970 2011 US$ | 43,310 2011 US$ | 660.29 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 Sweden?
- Germany, at 46,178 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden 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 Sweden?
- 636 2011 US$, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Sweden?
- 176 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2018.
- How do Germany and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Germany ranks 14th and Sweden ranks 15th 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]