Lebanon vs South Africa: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Lebanon
12,559 2011 US$
in 2018
South Africa
12,166 2011 US$
in 2018
Lebanon rank
74th
South Africa rank
76th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Lebanon
- South Africa
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 12,559 2011 US$ against 12,166 2011 US$ in South Africa, a difference of 393 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 71 shared years of data; in 1820 it was South Africa ahead.
Lebanon ranks 74th and South Africa ranks 76th of 145 countries.
Across the 9 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 5 and South Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 1,084 2011 US$ | 1,188 2011 US$ | 104 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1870s | 1,514 2011 US$ | 1,286 2011 US$ | 228 2011 US$ | Lebanon |
| 1950s | 5,858 2011 US$ | 4,433 2011 US$ | 1,425 2011 US$ | Lebanon |
| 1960s | 6,344 2011 US$ | 5,544 2011 US$ | 799.4 2011 US$ | Lebanon |
| 1970s | 6,098 2011 US$ | 6,673 2011 US$ | 574.9 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1980s | 4,458 2011 US$ | 6,571 2011 US$ | 2,113 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1990s | 5,605 2011 US$ | 6,453 2011 US$ | 847.32 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 2000s | 9,962 2011 US$ | 9,272 2011 US$ | 689.68 2011 US$ | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 14,223 2011 US$ | 12,034 2011 US$ | 2,189 2011 US$ | Lebanon |
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, Lebanon or South Africa?
- Lebanon, at 12,559 2011 US$ against 12,166 2011 US$ in South Africa as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Lebanon and South Africa?
- 393 2011 US$, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and South Africa?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Lebanon and South Africa rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Lebanon ranks 74th and South Africa ranks 76th 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]