Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Saudi Arabia
50,305 2011 US$
in 2018
Switzerland
61,373 2011 US$
in 2018
Saudi Arabia rank
10th
Switzerland rank
7th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 61,373 2011 US$ against 50,305 2011 US$ in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 11,068 2011 US$.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Saudi Arabia's.
Across all 71 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.
Saudi Arabia ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 7th of 145 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 829 2011 US$ | 2,954 2011 US$ | 2,125 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 956 2011 US$ | 8,172 2011 US$ | 7,216 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 4,532 2011 US$ | 13,437 2011 US$ | 8,905 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 8,608 2011 US$ | 19,357 2011 US$ | 10,749 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 17,803 2011 US$ | 25,250 2011 US$ | 7,447 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 16,244 2011 US$ | 29,696 2011 US$ | 13,451 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 19,081 2011 US$ | 36,466 2011 US$ | 17,385 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 31,207 2011 US$ | 49,216 2011 US$ | 18,009 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 49,462 2011 US$ | 59,290 2011 US$ | 9,828 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
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, Saudi Arabia or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 61,373 2011 US$ against 50,305 2011 US$ in Saudi Arabia as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Saudi Arabia and Switzerland?
- 11,068 2011 US$, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Switzerland?
- 71 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2018.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Switzerland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 10th and Switzerland ranks 7th 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]