Netherlands vs United States of America: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Netherlands
47,474 2011 US$
in 2018
United States of America
55,335 2011 US$
in 2018
Netherlands rank
12th
United States of America rank
9th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Netherlands
- United States of America
How they compare
United States of America currently reports 55,335 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 7,861 2011 US$.
That makes United States of America's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 216 shared years of data; in 1650 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 12th and United States of America ranks 9th of 145 countries.
Across the 25 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 8 and United States of America in 17.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1650s | 4,316 2011 US$ | 897 2011 US$ | 3,419 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1720s | 3,516 2011 US$ | 1,769 2011 US$ | 1,747 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1770s | 4,486 2011 US$ | 2,419 2011 US$ | 2,067 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 4,024 2011 US$ | 2,614 2011 US$ | 1,410 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1810s | 2,905 2011 US$ | 2,714 2011 US$ | 191.76 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 3,113 2011 US$ | 2,829 2011 US$ | 284.62 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1830s | 3,399 2011 US$ | 3,343 2011 US$ | 55.97 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1840s | 3,579 2011 US$ | 3,450 2011 US$ | 128.61 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 3,821 2011 US$ | 4,091 2011 US$ | 269.81 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1860s | 4,047 2011 US$ | 4,653 2011 US$ | 605.7 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1870s | 4,492 2011 US$ | 5,096 2011 US$ | 604.28 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1880s | 5,035 2011 US$ | 6,488 2011 US$ | 1,453 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1890s | 5,237 2011 US$ | 7,098 2011 US$ | 1,861 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1900s | 5,608 2011 US$ | 9,092 2011 US$ | 3,484 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1910s | 6,131 2011 US$ | 9,863 2011 US$ | 3,732 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1920s | 7,983 2011 US$ | 10,977 2011 US$ | 2,994 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1930s | 8,278 2011 US$ | 9,896 2011 US$ | 1,619 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1940s | 6,959 2011 US$ | 14,802 2011 US$ | 7,843 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1950s | 11,034 2011 US$ | 16,826 2011 US$ | 5,792 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1960s | 15,275 2011 US$ | 20,973 2011 US$ | 5,698 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1970s | 21,354 2011 US$ | 26,690 2011 US$ | 5,336 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1980s | 24,273 2011 US$ | 32,533 2011 US$ | 8,260 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1990s | 30,959 2011 US$ | 39,643 2011 US$ | 8,684 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2000s | 40,867 2011 US$ | 48,346 2011 US$ | 7,479 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2010s | 44,989 2011 US$ | 51,868 2011 US$ | 6,879 2011 US$ | United States of America |
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 United States of America?
- United States of America, at 55,335 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands 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 United States of America?
- 7,861 2011 US$, with United States of America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and United States of America?
- 216 years are reported by both, from 1650 to 2018.
- How do Netherlands and United States of America rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Netherlands ranks 12th and United States of America ranks 9th 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]