Brazil vs Costa Rica: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Brazil
14,034 2011 US$
in 2018
Costa Rica
14,686 2011 US$
in 2018
Brazil rank
69th
Costa Rica rank
66th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 14,686 2011 US$ against 14,034 2011 US$ in Brazil, a difference of 652 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 99 shared years of data; in 1920 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Brazil ranks 69th and Costa Rica ranks 66th of 145 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Costa Rica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,337 2011 US$ | 2,626 2011 US$ | 1,289 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 1,477 2011 US$ | 2,613 2011 US$ | 1,136 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1,841 2011 US$ | 2,891 2011 US$ | 1,051 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 2,619 2011 US$ | 3,673 2011 US$ | 1,054 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 3,748 2011 US$ | 4,934 2011 US$ | 1,187 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 6,371 2011 US$ | 7,015 2011 US$ | 644 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 7,929 2011 US$ | 7,183 2011 US$ | 746.1 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 1990s | 8,667 2011 US$ | 8,395 2011 US$ | 272.57 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 2000s | 11,325 2011 US$ | 10,463 2011 US$ | 862.66 2011 US$ | Brazil |
| 2010s | 14,698 2011 US$ | 13,362 2011 US$ | 1,336 2011 US$ | Brazil |
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, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 14,686 2011 US$ against 14,034 2011 US$ in Brazil as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 652 2011 US$, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 99 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2018.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Brazil ranks 69th 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]