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
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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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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]