Kenya vs Zambia: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Zambia
3,534 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya rank
116th
Zambia rank
114th

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time

  • Kenya
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 3,534 2011 US$ against 3,377 2011 US$ in Kenya, a difference of 157 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.

Kenya ranks 116th and Zambia ranks 114th of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kenya Zambia Difference Ahead
1950s 1,123 2011 US$ 1,216 2011 US$ 92.5 2011 US$ Zambia
1960s 1,228 2011 US$ 1,619 2011 US$ 391.6 2011 US$ Zambia
1970s 1,548 2011 US$ 1,654 2011 US$ 105.3 2011 US$ Zambia
1980s 1,668 2011 US$ 1,305 2011 US$ 363.2 2011 US$ Kenya
1990s 1,801 2011 US$ 1,276 2011 US$ 524.5 2011 US$ Kenya
2000s 2,147 2011 US$ 1,971 2011 US$ 175.97 2011 US$ Kenya
2010s 2,966 2011 US$ 3,386 2011 US$ 419.76 2011 US$ Zambia

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 Zambia?
Zambia, at 3,534 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 Zambia?
157 2011 US$, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Kenya ranks 116th and Zambia ranks 114th 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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Indicator
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Unit
2011 US$
Source
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
145 places, 17,704 data points, 1000–2018
Last refreshed

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]