Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale

Sierra Leone
1,684 2011 US$
in 2018
Zimbabwe
1,611 2011 US$
in 2018
Sierra Leone rank
132nd
Zimbabwe rank
134th

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time

  • Sierra Leone
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 1,684 2011 US$ against 1,611 2011 US$ in Zimbabwe, a difference of 73 2011 US$.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Sierra Leone ranks 132nd and Zimbabwe ranks 134th of 145 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sierra Leone Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1950s 1,028 2011 US$ 1,296 2011 US$ 268.5 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1960s 1,289 2011 US$ 1,552 2011 US$ 263.3 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1970s 1,540 2011 US$ 2,126 2011 US$ 586.4 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1980s 1,609 2011 US$ 2,134 2011 US$ 524.7 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
1990s 1,239 2011 US$ 2,183 2011 US$ 943.87 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
2000s 1,174 2011 US$ 1,659 2011 US$ 485.14 2011 US$ Zimbabwe
2010s 1,672 2011 US$ 1,556 2011 US$ 115.62 2011 US$ Sierra Leone

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, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
Sierra Leone, at 1,684 2011 US$ against 1,611 2011 US$ in Zimbabwe as of 2018.
What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
73 2011 US$, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Sierra Leone ranks 132nd and Zimbabwe ranks 134th 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]