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

Kuwait
65,521 2011 US$
in 2018
Norway
84,580 2011 US$
in 2018
Kuwait rank
5th
Norway rank
2nd

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

  • Kuwait
  • Norway
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How they compare

Norway currently reports 84,580 2011 US$ against 65,521 2011 US$ in Kuwait, a difference of 19,059 2011 US$.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.3 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 5th and Norway ranks 2nd of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Norway Difference Ahead
1950s 49,301 2011 US$ 9,920 2011 US$ 39,380 2011 US$ Kuwait
1960s 39,094 2011 US$ 13,605 2011 US$ 25,489 2011 US$ Kuwait
1970s 36,263 2011 US$ 19,343 2011 US$ 16,920 2011 US$ Kuwait
1980s 14,404 2011 US$ 26,639 2011 US$ 12,235 2011 US$ Norway
1990s 22,888 2011 US$ 39,573 2011 US$ 16,685 2011 US$ Norway
2000s 56,755 2011 US$ 66,258 2011 US$ 9,503 2011 US$ Norway
2010s 71,828 2011 US$ 82,091 2011 US$ 10,263 2011 US$ Norway

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, Kuwait or Norway?
Norway, at 84,580 2011 US$ against 65,521 2011 US$ in Kuwait as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Kuwait and Norway?
19,059 2011 US$, with Norway ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Norway?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Kuwait and Norway rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Kuwait ranks 5th and Norway ranks 2nd 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]