Nigeria vs Pakistan: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Nigeria
5,238 2011 US$
in 2018
Pakistan
5,510 2011 US$
in 2018
Nigeria rank
105th
Pakistan rank
104th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 5,510 2011 US$ against 5,238 2011 US$ in Nigeria, a difference of 272 2011 US$.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Nigeria ahead.
Nigeria ranks 105th and Pakistan ranks 104th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and Pakistan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,306 2011 US$ | 1,007 2011 US$ | 298.9 2011 US$ | Nigeria |
| 1960s | 1,342 2011 US$ | 1,217 2011 US$ | 124.5 2011 US$ | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 2,035 2011 US$ | 1,576 2011 US$ | 459.1 2011 US$ | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 1,706 2011 US$ | 2,178 2011 US$ | 472.5 2011 US$ | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 1,878 2011 US$ | 2,860 2011 US$ | 982.57 2011 US$ | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 3,225 2011 US$ | 3,732 2011 US$ | 506.73 2011 US$ | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 5,294 2011 US$ | 4,900 2011 US$ | 394.86 2011 US$ | Nigeria |
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, Nigeria or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 5,510 2011 US$ against 5,238 2011 US$ in Nigeria as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Nigeria and Pakistan?
- 272 2011 US$, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Pakistan?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Nigeria and Pakistan rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Nigeria ranks 105th and Pakistan ranks 104th 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]