China vs Colombia: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
China
13,102 2011 US$
in 2018
Colombia
13,545 2011 US$
in 2018
China rank
72nd
Colombia rank
70th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- China
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 13,545 2011 US$ against 13,102 2011 US$ in China, a difference of 443 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 88 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Colombia ahead.
China ranks 72nd and Colombia ranks 70th of 145 countries.
Across the 17 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and Colombia in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 926.26 2011 US$ | 942 2011 US$ | 15.74 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1820s | 882 2011 US$ | 850 2011 US$ | 32 2011 US$ | China |
| 1850s | 858 2011 US$ | 784 2011 US$ | 74 2011 US$ | China |
| 1870s | 945 2011 US$ | 1,078 2011 US$ | 133 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1880s | 912 2011 US$ | 1,160 2011 US$ | 248 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1890s | 964 2011 US$ | 1,144 2011 US$ | 180 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1900s | 972 2011 US$ | 1,089 2011 US$ | 117 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1910s | 945 2011 US$ | 1,312 2011 US$ | 367.5 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1920s | 1,003 2011 US$ | 2,399 2011 US$ | 1,396 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1930s | 1,004 2011 US$ | 2,577 2011 US$ | 1,573 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1950s | 1,080 2011 US$ | 3,694 2011 US$ | 2,614 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1960s | 1,124 2011 US$ | 4,300 2011 US$ | 3,176 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1970s | 1,561 2011 US$ | 5,755 2011 US$ | 4,195 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1980s | 2,506 2011 US$ | 6,981 2011 US$ | 4,476 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 1990s | 3,780 2011 US$ | 8,363 2011 US$ | 4,582 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 2000s | 6,550 2011 US$ | 9,563 2011 US$ | 3,013 2011 US$ | Colombia |
| 2010s | 11,609 2011 US$ | 12,677 2011 US$ | 1,068 2011 US$ | Colombia |
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, China or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 13,545 2011 US$ against 13,102 2011 US$ in China as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between China and Colombia?
- 443 2011 US$, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Colombia?
- 88 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2018.
- How do China and Colombia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- China ranks 72nd and Colombia ranks 70th 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]