Kenya vs Mauritania: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Mauritania
3,458 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya rank
116th
Mauritania rank
115th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Kenya
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 3,458 2011 US$ against 3,377 2011 US$ in Kenya, a difference of 81 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 116th and Mauritania ranks 115th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Mauritania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 767 2011 US$ | 356.1 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 1960s | 1,228 2011 US$ | 1,211 2011 US$ | 16.8 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 1970s | 1,548 2011 US$ | 1,614 2011 US$ | 65.8 2011 US$ | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 1,668 2011 US$ | 1,568 2011 US$ | 100.4 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1,801 2011 US$ | 1,717 2011 US$ | 83.43 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 2000s | 2,147 2011 US$ | 2,393 2011 US$ | 246.44 2011 US$ | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 2,966 2011 US$ | 3,311 2011 US$ | 344.76 2011 US$ | Mauritania |
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, Kenya or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 3,458 2011 US$ against 3,377 2011 US$ in Kenya as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Kenya and Mauritania?
- 81 2011 US$, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Mauritania?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Kenya and Mauritania rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Kenya ranks 116th and Mauritania ranks 115th 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]