Botswana vs Libya: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Botswana
15,842 2011 US$
in 2018
Libya
15,013 2011 US$
in 2018
Botswana rank
64th
Libya rank
65th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Botswana
- Libya
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 15,842 2011 US$ against 15,013 2011 US$ in Libya, a difference of 829 2011 US$.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Libya ahead.
Botswana ranks 64th and Libya ranks 65th of 145 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 524.3 2011 US$ | 813 2011 US$ | 288.7 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 1960s | 653.4 2011 US$ | 3,564 2011 US$ | 2,910 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 1970s | 1,622 2011 US$ | 7,328 2011 US$ | 5,706 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 1980s | 3,281 2011 US$ | 5,956 2011 US$ | 2,676 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 1990s | 6,353 2011 US$ | 7,032 2011 US$ | 679.21 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 2000s | 9,905 2011 US$ | 16,545 2011 US$ | 6,640 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 2010s | 14,538 2011 US$ | 15,501 2011 US$ | 963.18 2011 US$ | Libya |
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 Libya?
- Botswana, at 15,842 2011 US$ against 15,013 2011 US$ in Libya as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Botswana and Libya?
- 829 2011 US$, with Botswana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Libya?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Botswana and Libya rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Botswana ranks 64th and Libya ranks 65th 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]