Rwanda vs Uganda: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Rwanda
1,929 2011 US$
in 2018
Uganda
2,045 2011 US$
in 2018
Rwanda rank
127th
Uganda rank
125th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Rwanda
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 2,045 2011 US$ against 1,929 2011 US$ in Rwanda, a difference of 116 2011 US$.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 127th and Uganda ranks 125th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 1,078 2011 US$ | 44.7 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 1,140 2011 US$ | 1,232 2011 US$ | 92.3 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1,356 2011 US$ | 1,251 2011 US$ | 104.8 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 1,624 2011 US$ | 917 2011 US$ | 707 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 1,068 2011 US$ | 1,031 2011 US$ | 37.13 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 1,205 2011 US$ | 1,441 2011 US$ | 236.12 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 2010s | 1,641 2011 US$ | 1,931 2011 US$ | 290.76 2011 US$ | Uganda |
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, Rwanda or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 2,045 2011 US$ against 1,929 2011 US$ in Rwanda as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Rwanda and Uganda?
- 116 2011 US$, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Uganda?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Rwanda and Uganda rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Rwanda ranks 127th and Uganda ranks 125th 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.
Individual pages
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]