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

Liberia
818.42 2011 US$
in 2018
Malawi
1,117 2011 US$
in 2018
Liberia rank
143rd
Malawi rank
141st

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

  • Liberia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,117 2011 US$ against 818.42 2011 US$ in Liberia, a difference of 298.58 2011 US$.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Liberia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.

Liberia ranks 143rd and Malawi ranks 141st of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Liberia Malawi Difference Ahead
1950s 3,412 2011 US$ 572.1 2011 US$ 2,840 2011 US$ Liberia
1960s 3,858 2011 US$ 652.5 2011 US$ 3,206 2011 US$ Liberia
1970s 4,488 2011 US$ 906.4 2011 US$ 3,581 2011 US$ Liberia
1980s 3,443 2011 US$ 921.4 2011 US$ 2,522 2011 US$ Liberia
1990s 824.35 2011 US$ 908.26 2011 US$ 83.91 2011 US$ Malawi
2000s 896.71 2011 US$ 949.28 2011 US$ 52.57 2011 US$ Malawi
2010s 850.25 2011 US$ 1,109 2011 US$ 258.97 2011 US$ Malawi

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, Liberia or Malawi?
Malawi, at 1,117 2011 US$ against 818.42 2011 US$ in Liberia as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Liberia and Malawi?
298.58 2011 US$, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Malawi?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Liberia and Malawi rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Liberia ranks 143rd and Malawi ranks 141st 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]