Iceland vs Sweden: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Iceland
43,438 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Iceland rank
17th
Sweden rank
15th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Iceland
- Sweden
How they compare
Sweden currently reports 45,542 2011 US$ against 43,438 2011 US$ in Iceland, a difference of 2,104 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sweden ahead.
Iceland ranks 17th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iceland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9,550 2011 US$ | 11,964 2011 US$ | 2,414 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1960s | 13,020 2011 US$ | 16,627 2011 US$ | 3,607 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1970s | 19,243 2011 US$ | 21,876 2011 US$ | 2,633 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1980s | 26,584 2011 US$ | 25,589 2011 US$ | 995.4 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 1990s | 28,725 2011 US$ | 28,823 2011 US$ | 97.88 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 2000s | 36,672 2011 US$ | 38,385 2011 US$ | 1,713 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 2010s | 39,450 2011 US$ | 43,310 2011 US$ | 3,860 2011 US$ | Sweden |
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, Iceland or Sweden?
- Sweden, at 45,542 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 Iceland and Sweden?
- 2,104 2011 US$, with Sweden ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Sweden?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Iceland and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Iceland ranks 17th 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]