Jamaica vs Myanmar: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Jamaica
7,273 2011 US$
in 2018
Myanmar
5,838 2011 US$
in 2018
Jamaica rank
100th
Myanmar rank
102nd
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Jamaica
- Myanmar
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 7,273 2011 US$ against 5,838 2011 US$ in Myanmar, a difference of 1,435 2011 US$.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.2 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 100th and Myanmar ranks 102nd of 145 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 10 and Myanmar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1,117 2011 US$ | 803 2011 US$ | 314 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1870s | 845 2011 US$ | 803 2011 US$ | 42 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1910s | 974 2011 US$ | 1,092 2011 US$ | 118 2011 US$ | Myanmar |
| 1930s | 1,549 2011 US$ | 1,180 2011 US$ | 369 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1950s | 3,103 2011 US$ | 745.1 2011 US$ | 2,358 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 4,763 2011 US$ | 953.8 2011 US$ | 3,809 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 5,927 2011 US$ | 1,087 2011 US$ | 4,840 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 5,131 2011 US$ | 1,384 2011 US$ | 3,746 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 6,412 2011 US$ | 1,405 2011 US$ | 5,007 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 6,995 2011 US$ | 2,809 2011 US$ | 4,187 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 7,084 2011 US$ | 4,735 2011 US$ | 2,349 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, Jamaica or Myanmar?
- Jamaica, at 7,273 2011 US$ against 5,838 2011 US$ in Myanmar as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Jamaica and Myanmar?
- 1,435 2011 US$, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Myanmar?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Jamaica and Myanmar rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Jamaica ranks 100th and Myanmar ranks 102nd 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]