Peru vs South Africa: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Peru
12,310 2011 US$
in 2018
South Africa
12,166 2011 US$
in 2018
Peru rank
75th
South Africa rank
76th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Peru
- South Africa
How they compare
Peru currently reports 12,310 2011 US$ against 12,166 2011 US$ in South Africa, a difference of 144 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 277 shared years of data; in 1700 it was South Africa ahead.
Peru ranks 75th and South Africa ranks 76th of 145 countries.
Across the 32 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 3 and South Africa in 29.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 1,151 2011 US$ | 2,772 2011 US$ | 1,620 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1710s | 1,144 2011 US$ | 2,333 2011 US$ | 1,190 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1720s | 1,148 2011 US$ | 2,471 2011 US$ | 1,323 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1730s | 1,149 2011 US$ | 2,109 2011 US$ | 959.7 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1740s | 1,152 2011 US$ | 2,354 2011 US$ | 1,203 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1750s | 1,078 2011 US$ | 2,415 2011 US$ | 1,337 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1760s | 1,280 2011 US$ | 2,136 2011 US$ | 856.3 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1770s | 1,249 2011 US$ | 2,156 2011 US$ | 907 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1780s | 1,130 2011 US$ | 1,700 2011 US$ | 569.6 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1790s | 1,243 2011 US$ | 1,539 2011 US$ | 295.75 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1800s | 1,027 2011 US$ | 1,409 2011 US$ | 382.14 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1810s | 924.7 2011 US$ | 1,295 2011 US$ | 370.7 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1820s | 695.2 2011 US$ | 1,325 2011 US$ | 629.8 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1830s | 673 2011 US$ | 1,243 2011 US$ | 570 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1840s | 870.33 2011 US$ | 1,067 2011 US$ | 197 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1850s | 1,207 2011 US$ | 1,278 2011 US$ | 70.6 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1860s | 1,307 2011 US$ | 1,137 2011 US$ | 170.5 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1870s | 1,639 2011 US$ | 1,698 2011 US$ | 58.4 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1880s | 853.5 2011 US$ | 1,744 2011 US$ | 890.3 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1890s | 917.7 2011 US$ | 2,000 2011 US$ | 1,082 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1900s | 1,350 2011 US$ | 2,345 2011 US$ | 995.1 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1910s | 1,742 2011 US$ | 1,844 2011 US$ | 102 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1920s | 2,675 2011 US$ | 2,256 2011 US$ | 419 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1930s | 2,781 2011 US$ | 2,668 2011 US$ | 113.1 2011 US$ | Peru |
| 1940s | 3,118 2011 US$ | 3,627 2011 US$ | 509.5 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1950s | 4,156 2011 US$ | 4,433 2011 US$ | 277.5 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1960s | 5,542 2011 US$ | 5,544 2011 US$ | 2.6 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1970s | 6,508 2011 US$ | 6,673 2011 US$ | 165.3 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1980s | 6,205 2011 US$ | 6,571 2011 US$ | 366.1 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 1990s | 5,383 2011 US$ | 6,453 2011 US$ | 1,070 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 2000s | 7,197 2011 US$ | 9,272 2011 US$ | 2,076 2011 US$ | South Africa |
| 2010s | 11,088 2011 US$ | 12,034 2011 US$ | 945.94 2011 US$ | South Africa |
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, Peru or South Africa?
- Peru, at 12,310 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 Peru and South Africa?
- 144 2011 US$, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South Africa?
- 277 years are reported by both, from 1700 to 2018.
- How do Peru and South Africa rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Peru ranks 75th 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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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]