Ireland vs Kuwait: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Ireland
64,684 2011 US$
in 2018
Kuwait
65,521 2011 US$
in 2018
Ireland rank
6th
Kuwait rank
5th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Ireland
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 65,521 2011 US$ against 64,684 2011 US$ in Ireland, a difference of 837 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.
Ireland ranks 6th and Kuwait ranks 5th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 2 and Kuwait in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6,028 2011 US$ | 49,301 2011 US$ | 43,272 2011 US$ | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 8,062 2011 US$ | 39,094 2011 US$ | 31,032 2011 US$ | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 11,501 2011 US$ | 36,263 2011 US$ | 24,761 2011 US$ | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 14,865 2011 US$ | 14,404 2011 US$ | 461.5 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1990s | 24,833 2011 US$ | 22,888 2011 US$ | 1,945 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 2000s | 46,399 2011 US$ | 56,755 2011 US$ | 10,356 2011 US$ | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 53,715 2011 US$ | 71,828 2011 US$ | 18,113 2011 US$ | Kuwait |
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, Ireland or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 65,521 2011 US$ against 64,684 2011 US$ in Ireland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Ireland and Kuwait?
- 837 2011 US$, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Kuwait?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Ireland and Kuwait rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Ireland ranks 6th and Kuwait ranks 5th 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]