Ireland vs United States of America: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Ireland
64,684 2011 US$
in 2018
United States of America
55,335 2011 US$
in 2018
Ireland rank
6th
United States of America rank
9th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Ireland
- United States of America
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 64,684 2011 US$ against 55,335 2011 US$ in United States of America, a difference of 9,349 2011 US$.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.2 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 101 shared years of data; in 1820 it was United States of America ahead.
Ireland ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 9th of 145 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 1 and United States of America in 12.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1,398 2011 US$ | 2,674 2011 US$ | 1,276 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1870s | 2,829 2011 US$ | 4,803 2011 US$ | 1,974 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1910s | 4,361 2011 US$ | 10,108 2011 US$ | 5,747 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1920s | 4,186 2011 US$ | 11,069 2011 US$ | 6,883 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1930s | 4,705 2011 US$ | 9,896 2011 US$ | 5,192 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1940s | 4,951 2011 US$ | 14,802 2011 US$ | 9,851 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1950s | 6,028 2011 US$ | 16,826 2011 US$ | 10,797 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1960s | 8,062 2011 US$ | 20,973 2011 US$ | 12,911 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1970s | 11,501 2011 US$ | 26,690 2011 US$ | 15,189 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1980s | 14,865 2011 US$ | 32,533 2011 US$ | 17,668 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1990s | 24,833 2011 US$ | 39,643 2011 US$ | 14,810 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2000s | 46,399 2011 US$ | 48,346 2011 US$ | 1,947 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2010s | 53,715 2011 US$ | 51,868 2011 US$ | 1,847 2011 US$ | Ireland |
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 United States of America?
- Ireland, at 64,684 2011 US$ against 55,335 2011 US$ in United States of America 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 United States of America?
- 9,349 2011 US$, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and United States of America?
- 101 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Ireland and United States of America rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Ireland ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 9th 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]