Ireland vs Switzerland: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Ireland
64,684 2011 US$
in 2018
Switzerland
61,373 2011 US$
in 2018
Ireland rank
6th
Switzerland rank
7th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Ireland
- Switzerland
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 64,684 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 3,311 2011 US$.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 100 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Switzerland ahead.
Ireland ranks 6th and Switzerland ranks 7th of 145 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2,829 2011 US$ | 2,954 2011 US$ | 125.38 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 4,361 2011 US$ | 8,172 2011 US$ | 3,811 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 4,186 2011 US$ | 8,325 2011 US$ | 4,139 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 4,705 2011 US$ | 9,805 2011 US$ | 5,100 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1940s | 4,951 2011 US$ | 9,815 2011 US$ | 4,865 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 6,028 2011 US$ | 13,437 2011 US$ | 7,408 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 8,062 2011 US$ | 19,357 2011 US$ | 11,295 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 11,501 2011 US$ | 25,250 2011 US$ | 13,748 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 14,865 2011 US$ | 29,696 2011 US$ | 14,831 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 24,833 2011 US$ | 36,466 2011 US$ | 11,633 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 46,399 2011 US$ | 49,216 2011 US$ | 2,817 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 53,715 2011 US$ | 59,290 2011 US$ | 5,575 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
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 Switzerland?
- Ireland, at 64,684 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland 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 Switzerland?
- 3,311 2011 US$, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Switzerland?
- 100 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2018.
- How do Ireland and Switzerland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Ireland ranks 6th and Switzerland ranks 7th 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]