Netherlands vs Sweden: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Netherlands
47,474 2011 US$
in 2018
Sweden
45,542 2011 US$
in 2018
Netherlands rank
12th
Sweden rank
15th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Netherlands
- Sweden
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 47,474 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden, a difference of 1,932 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 665 shared years of data; in 1348 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 15th of 145 countries.
Across the 68 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 63 and Sweden in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1340s | 1,432 2011 US$ | 1,298 2011 US$ | 134.76 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1350s | 1,698 2011 US$ | 1,188 2011 US$ | 509.82 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1360s | 1,816 2011 US$ | 1,546 2011 US$ | 270.54 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1370s | 1,951 2011 US$ | 1,581 2011 US$ | 370.08 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1380s | 2,138 2011 US$ | 1,507 2011 US$ | 631.1 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1390s | 2,154 2011 US$ | 1,525 2011 US$ | 628.72 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1400s | 1,997 2011 US$ | 1,521 2011 US$ | 476 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1410s | 1,949 2011 US$ | 1,494 2011 US$ | 455.22 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1420s | 1,971 2011 US$ | 1,421 2011 US$ | 549.98 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1430s | 2,125 2011 US$ | 1,307 2011 US$ | 818.01 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1440s | 2,139 2011 US$ | 1,314 2011 US$ | 825.1 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1450s | 2,297 2011 US$ | 1,626 2011 US$ | 670.22 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1460s | 2,327 2011 US$ | 1,831 2011 US$ | 495.62 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1470s | 2,310 2011 US$ | 1,477 2011 US$ | 833.27 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1480s | 2,239 2011 US$ | 1,595 2011 US$ | 643.98 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1490s | 2,291 2011 US$ | 1,538 2011 US$ | 752.97 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1500s | 2,379 2011 US$ | 1,927 2011 US$ | 452.01 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1510s | 2,682 2011 US$ | 1,975 2011 US$ | 707.15 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1520s | 2,910 2011 US$ | 1,892 2011 US$ | 1,018 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1530s | 3,079 2011 US$ | 1,536 2011 US$ | 1,543 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1540s | 2,452 2011 US$ | 1,489 2011 US$ | 963.13 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1550s | 2,989 2011 US$ | 1,618 2011 US$ | 1,372 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1560s | 3,461 2011 US$ | 1,691 2011 US$ | 1,770 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1570s | 2,860 2011 US$ | 1,473 2011 US$ | 1,387 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1580s | 3,607 2011 US$ | 1,473 2011 US$ | 2,134 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1590s | 4,018 2011 US$ | 1,398 2011 US$ | 2,620 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1600s | 3,805 2011 US$ | 1,363 2011 US$ | 2,442 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1610s | 3,636 2011 US$ | 1,526 2011 US$ | 2,110 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1620s | 3,739 2011 US$ | 1,542 2011 US$ | 2,196 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1630s | 3,917 2011 US$ | 1,624 2011 US$ | 2,292 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1640s | 3,977 2011 US$ | 1,655 2011 US$ | 2,323 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1650s | 3,482 2011 US$ | 1,734 2011 US$ | 1,749 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1660s | 3,409 2011 US$ | 1,714 2011 US$ | 1,695 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1670s | 3,295 2011 US$ | 1,758 2011 US$ | 1,537 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1680s | 3,541 2011 US$ | 1,812 2011 US$ | 1,730 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1690s | 3,762 2011 US$ | 1,736 2011 US$ | 2,026 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1700s | 3,854 2011 US$ | 1,906 2011 US$ | 1,948 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1710s | 3,876 2011 US$ | 1,840 2011 US$ | 2,035 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1720s | 3,649 2011 US$ | 1,694 2011 US$ | 1,955 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1730s | 3,551 2011 US$ | 1,701 2011 US$ | 1,850 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1740s | 3,876 2011 US$ | 1,458 2011 US$ | 2,418 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1750s | 3,913 2011 US$ | 1,500 2011 US$ | 2,413 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1760s | 4,290 2011 US$ | 1,523 2011 US$ | 2,767 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1770s | 4,524 2011 US$ | 1,496 2011 US$ | 3,028 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1780s | 4,090 2011 US$ | 1,523 2011 US$ | 2,567 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1790s | 4,406 2011 US$ | 1,525 2011 US$ | 2,881 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 4,024 2011 US$ | 1,365 2011 US$ | 2,659 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 2,905 2011 US$ | 1,409 2011 US$ | 1,496 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 3,113 2011 US$ | 1,478 2011 US$ | 1,635 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 3,399 2011 US$ | 1,516 2011 US$ | 1,884 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1840s | 3,579 2011 US$ | 1,572 2011 US$ | 2,007 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 3,821 2011 US$ | 1,752 2011 US$ | 2,069 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 4,047 2011 US$ | 1,892 2011 US$ | 2,156 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 4,492 2011 US$ | 2,308 2011 US$ | 2,184 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 5,035 2011 US$ | 2,476 2011 US$ | 2,559 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 5,237 2011 US$ | 2,922 2011 US$ | 2,314 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 5,608 2011 US$ | 3,663 2011 US$ | 1,945 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 6,131 2011 US$ | 4,546 2011 US$ | 1,585 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 7,983 2011 US$ | 5,436 2011 US$ | 2,547 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 8,278 2011 US$ | 7,125 2011 US$ | 1,152 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 6,959 2011 US$ | 8,543 2011 US$ | 1,584 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1950s | 11,034 2011 US$ | 11,964 2011 US$ | 930.4 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1960s | 15,275 2011 US$ | 16,627 2011 US$ | 1,352 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1970s | 21,354 2011 US$ | 21,876 2011 US$ | 521.8 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1980s | 24,273 2011 US$ | 25,589 2011 US$ | 1,316 2011 US$ | Sweden |
| 1990s | 30,959 2011 US$ | 28,823 2011 US$ | 2,136 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 40,867 2011 US$ | 38,385 2011 US$ | 2,482 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 44,989 2011 US$ | 43,310 2011 US$ | 1,679 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
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, Netherlands or Sweden?
- Netherlands, at 47,474 2011 US$ against 45,542 2011 US$ in Sweden as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Netherlands and Sweden?
- 1,932 2011 US$, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Sweden?
- 665 years are reported by both, from 1348 to 2018.
- How do Netherlands and Sweden rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Netherlands ranks 12th and Sweden ranks 15th 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]