Costa Rica vs Libya: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Costa Rica
14,686 2011 US$
in 2018
Libya
15,013 2011 US$
in 2018
Costa Rica rank
66th
Libya rank
65th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Libya
How they compare
Libya currently reports 15,013 2011 US$ against 14,686 2011 US$ in Costa Rica, a difference of 327 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 66th and Libya ranks 65th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Libya in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3,673 2011 US$ | 813 2011 US$ | 2,860 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 4,934 2011 US$ | 3,564 2011 US$ | 1,370 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7,015 2011 US$ | 7,328 2011 US$ | 312.5 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 1980s | 7,183 2011 US$ | 5,956 2011 US$ | 1,227 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 8,395 2011 US$ | 7,032 2011 US$ | 1,362 2011 US$ | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 10,463 2011 US$ | 16,545 2011 US$ | 6,082 2011 US$ | Libya |
| 2010s | 13,362 2011 US$ | 15,501 2011 US$ | 2,139 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, Costa Rica or Libya?
- Libya, at 15,013 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 Costa Rica and Libya?
- 327 2011 US$, with Libya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Libya?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Costa Rica and Libya rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 66th 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]