Belgium vs Iceland: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Belgium
39,756 2011 US$
in 2018
Iceland
43,438 2011 US$
in 2018
Belgium rank
19th
Iceland rank
17th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Belgium
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 43,438 2011 US$ against 39,756 2011 US$ in Belgium, a difference of 3,682 2011 US$.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.1 times Belgium's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belgium ahead.
Belgium ranks 19th and Iceland ranks 17th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 4 and Iceland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 9,719 2011 US$ | 9,550 2011 US$ | 168.6 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1960s | 13,363 2011 US$ | 13,020 2011 US$ | 342.5 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1970s | 19,776 2011 US$ | 19,243 2011 US$ | 532.7 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 1980s | 24,107 2011 US$ | 26,584 2011 US$ | 2,478 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 1990s | 29,416 2011 US$ | 28,725 2011 US$ | 690.76 2011 US$ | Belgium |
| 2000s | 35,898 2011 US$ | 36,672 2011 US$ | 773.7 2011 US$ | Iceland |
| 2010s | 38,465 2011 US$ | 39,450 2011 US$ | 985.41 2011 US$ | Iceland |
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, Belgium or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 43,438 2011 US$ against 39,756 2011 US$ in Belgium as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Belgium and Iceland?
- 3,682 2011 US$, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Iceland?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Belgium and Iceland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Belgium ranks 19th and Iceland ranks 17th 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]