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
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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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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]