Guatemala vs Jamaica: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Guatemala
7,402 2011 US$
in 2018
Jamaica
7,273 2011 US$
in 2018
Guatemala rank
99th
Jamaica rank
100th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Guatemala
- Jamaica
How they compare
Guatemala currently reports 7,402 2011 US$ against 7,273 2011 US$ in Jamaica, a difference of 129 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 77 shared years of data; in 1925 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 99th and Jamaica ranks 100th of 145 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 5 and Jamaica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 2,534 2011 US$ | 1,097 2011 US$ | 1,438 2011 US$ | Guatemala |
| 1930s | 2,855 2011 US$ | 1,352 2011 US$ | 1,504 2011 US$ | Guatemala |
| 1940s | 3,432 2011 US$ | 2,104 2011 US$ | 1,328 2011 US$ | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 3,318 2011 US$ | 3,103 2011 US$ | 214.7 2011 US$ | Guatemala |
| 1960s | 3,908 2011 US$ | 4,763 2011 US$ | 855.4 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 5,481 2011 US$ | 5,927 2011 US$ | 446 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 5,535 2011 US$ | 5,131 2011 US$ | 404.6 2011 US$ | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 5,460 2011 US$ | 6,412 2011 US$ | 951.96 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 6,187 2011 US$ | 6,995 2011 US$ | 807.93 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 6,974 2011 US$ | 7,084 2011 US$ | 109.81 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
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, Guatemala or Jamaica?
- Guatemala, at 7,402 2011 US$ against 7,273 2011 US$ in Jamaica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Guatemala and Jamaica?
- 129 2011 US$, with Guatemala ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Jamaica?
- 77 years are reported by both, from 1925 to 2018.
- How do Guatemala and Jamaica rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Guatemala ranks 99th and Jamaica ranks 100th 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]