Afghanistan vs Uganda: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Afghanistan
1,935 2011 US$
in 2018
Uganda
2,045 2011 US$
in 2018
Afghanistan rank
126th
Uganda rank
125th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Afghanistan
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 2,045 2011 US$ against 1,935 2011 US$ in Afghanistan, a difference of 110 2011 US$.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 126th and Uganda ranks 125th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,238 2011 US$ | 1,078 2011 US$ | 160.2 2011 US$ | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 1,293 2011 US$ | 1,232 2011 US$ | 60.9 2011 US$ | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 1,086 2011 US$ | 1,251 2011 US$ | 165 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 1980s | 1,208 2011 US$ | 917 2011 US$ | 290.6 2011 US$ | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 656.23 2011 US$ | 1,031 2011 US$ | 375.05 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 2000s | 965.92 2011 US$ | 1,441 2011 US$ | 474.86 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 2010s | 1,913 2011 US$ | 1,931 2011 US$ | 18.18 2011 US$ | Uganda |
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 Uganda?
- Uganda, at 2,045 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 Uganda?
- 110 2011 US$, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Uganda?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Afghanistan and Uganda rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Afghanistan ranks 126th 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: 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]