Jamaica vs Philippines: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Jamaica
7,273 2011 US$
in 2018
Philippines
8,139 2011 US$
in 2018
Jamaica rank
100th
Philippines rank
97th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Jamaica
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 8,139 2011 US$ against 7,273 2011 US$ in Jamaica, a difference of 866 2011 US$.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 78 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 100th and Philippines ranks 97th of 145 countries.
Across the 13 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 9 and Philippines in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1,117 2011 US$ | 931 2011 US$ | 186 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1870s | 845 2011 US$ | 995 2011 US$ | 150 2011 US$ | Philippines |
| 1910s | 974 2011 US$ | 1,575 2011 US$ | 601 2011 US$ | Philippines |
| 1920s | 1,097 2011 US$ | 2,180 2011 US$ | 1,084 2011 US$ | Philippines |
| 1930s | 1,352 2011 US$ | 2,238 2011 US$ | 886.5 2011 US$ | Philippines |
| 1940s | 2,519 2011 US$ | 1,212 2011 US$ | 1,306 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1950s | 3,103 2011 US$ | 2,093 2011 US$ | 1,010 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1960s | 4,763 2011 US$ | 2,577 2011 US$ | 2,186 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 5,927 2011 US$ | 3,244 2011 US$ | 2,683 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 5,131 2011 US$ | 3,512 2011 US$ | 1,619 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 6,412 2011 US$ | 3,642 2011 US$ | 2,771 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 6,995 2011 US$ | 4,667 2011 US$ | 2,328 2011 US$ | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 7,084 2011 US$ | 6,811 2011 US$ | 272.98 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 Philippines?
- Philippines, at 8,139 2011 US$ against 7,273 2011 US$ in Jamaica 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 Philippines?
- 866 2011 US$, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Philippines?
- 78 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Jamaica and Philippines rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Jamaica ranks 100th and Philippines ranks 97th 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]