Botswana vs Costa Rica: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Botswana
15,842 2011 US$
in 2018
Costa Rica
14,686 2011 US$
in 2018
Botswana rank
64th
Costa Rica rank
66th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Botswana
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 15,842 2011 US$ against 14,686 2011 US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 1,156 2011 US$.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Botswana ranks 64th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 524.3 2011 US$ | 3,673 2011 US$ | 3,148 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 653.4 2011 US$ | 4,934 2011 US$ | 4,281 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1,622 2011 US$ | 7,015 2011 US$ | 5,393 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 3,281 2011 US$ | 7,183 2011 US$ | 3,902 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 6,353 2011 US$ | 8,395 2011 US$ | 2,042 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 9,905 2011 US$ | 10,463 2011 US$ | 557.89 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 14,538 2011 US$ | 13,362 2011 US$ | 1,176 2011 US$ | Botswana |
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, Botswana or Costa Rica?
- Botswana, at 15,842 2011 US$ against 14,686 2011 US$ in Costa Rica as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Botswana and Costa Rica?
- 1,156 2011 US$, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Costa Rica?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Botswana and Costa Rica rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Botswana ranks 64th and Costa Rica ranks 66th 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]