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

Kuwait
65,521 2011 US$
in 2018
Switzerland
61,373 2011 US$
in 2018
Kuwait rank
5th
Switzerland rank
7th

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

  • Kuwait
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 65,521 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 4,148 2011 US$.

That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 7th of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Switzerland Difference Ahead
1950s 49,301 2011 US$ 13,437 2011 US$ 35,864 2011 US$ Kuwait
1960s 39,094 2011 US$ 19,357 2011 US$ 19,737 2011 US$ Kuwait
1970s 36,263 2011 US$ 25,250 2011 US$ 11,013 2011 US$ Kuwait
1980s 14,404 2011 US$ 29,696 2011 US$ 15,292 2011 US$ Switzerland
1990s 22,888 2011 US$ 36,466 2011 US$ 13,578 2011 US$ Switzerland
2000s 56,755 2011 US$ 49,216 2011 US$ 7,539 2011 US$ Kuwait
2010s 71,828 2011 US$ 59,290 2011 US$ 12,538 2011 US$ Kuwait

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 Switzerland?
Kuwait, at 65,521 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland 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 Switzerland?
4,148 2011 US$, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Switzerland?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Kuwait and Switzerland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Kuwait ranks 5th and Switzerland ranks 7th 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]