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
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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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]