Afghanistan vs Benin: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Afghanistan
1,935 2011 US$
in 2018
Benin
2,220 2011 US$
in 2018
Afghanistan rank
126th
Benin rank
123rd
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Benin
How they compare
Benin currently reports 2,220 2011 US$ against 1,935 2011 US$ in Afghanistan, a difference of 285 2011 US$.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Benin ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 126th and Benin ranks 123rd of 145 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Benin | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,238 2011 US$ | 1,501 2011 US$ | 262.8 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 1960s | 1,293 2011 US$ | 1,497 2011 US$ | 204.1 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 1970s | 1,086 2011 US$ | 1,592 2011 US$ | 505.8 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 1980s | 1,208 2011 US$ | 1,785 2011 US$ | 577.7 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 1990s | 656.23 2011 US$ | 1,823 2011 US$ | 1,166 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 2000s | 965.92 2011 US$ | 1,907 2011 US$ | 941.57 2011 US$ | Benin |
| 2010s | 1,913 2011 US$ | 2,000 2011 US$ | 87.05 2011 US$ | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita, Afghanistan or Benin?
- Benin, at 2,220 2011 US$ against 1,935 2011 US$ in Afghanistan as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Afghanistan and Benin?
- 285 2011 US$, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Benin?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Afghanistan and Benin rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 126th and Benin ranks 123rd 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: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita. 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: prosperity, inequality, and planetary limits’ in The CORE Team, The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics. Available at: https://tinyco.re/19274920 [Figure 1.1]