Switzerland vs United States of America: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Switzerland
61,373 2011 US$
in 2018
United States of America
55,335 2011 US$
in 2018
Switzerland rank
7th
United States of America rank
9th
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale over time
- Switzerland
- United States of America
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 61,373 2011 US$ against 55,335 2011 US$ in United States of America, a difference of 6,038 2011 US$.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 168 shared years of data; in 1851 it was United States of America ahead.
Switzerland ranks 7th and United States of America ranks 9th of 145 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 2 and United States of America in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2,541 2011 US$ | 4,142 2011 US$ | 1,601 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1860s | 2,884 2011 US$ | 4,653 2011 US$ | 1,769 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1870s | 3,388 2011 US$ | 5,096 2011 US$ | 1,709 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1880s | 4,579 2011 US$ | 6,488 2011 US$ | 1,909 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1890s | 5,680 2011 US$ | 7,098 2011 US$ | 1,418 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1900s | 7,058 2011 US$ | 9,092 2011 US$ | 2,034 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1910s | 7,741 2011 US$ | 9,863 2011 US$ | 2,122 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1920s | 8,229 2011 US$ | 10,977 2011 US$ | 2,748 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1930s | 9,805 2011 US$ | 9,896 2011 US$ | 91.48 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1940s | 9,815 2011 US$ | 14,802 2011 US$ | 4,987 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1950s | 13,437 2011 US$ | 16,826 2011 US$ | 3,389 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1960s | 19,357 2011 US$ | 20,973 2011 US$ | 1,616 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1970s | 25,250 2011 US$ | 26,690 2011 US$ | 1,441 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1980s | 29,696 2011 US$ | 32,533 2011 US$ | 2,837 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 1990s | 36,466 2011 US$ | 39,643 2011 US$ | 3,177 2011 US$ | United States of America |
| 2000s | 49,216 2011 US$ | 48,346 2011 US$ | 870.55 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 59,290 2011 US$ | 51,868 2011 US$ | 7,422 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, Switzerland or United States of America?
- Switzerland, at 61,373 2011 US$ against 55,335 2011 US$ in United States of America as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale between Switzerland and United States of America?
- 6,038 2011 US$, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and United States of America?
- 168 years are reported by both, from 1851 to 2018.
- How do Switzerland and United States of America rank globally for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Switzerland ranks 7th and United States of America ranks 9th 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]