Germany vs Netherlands: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Germany
46,178 2011 US$
in 2018
Netherlands
47,474 2011 US$
in 2018
Germany rank
14th
Netherlands rank
12th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Germany
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 47,474 2011 US$ against 46,178 2011 US$ in Germany, a difference of 1,296 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 176 shared years of data; in 1500 it was Netherlands ahead.
Germany ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 12th of 145 countries.
Across the 24 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500s | 1,827 2011 US$ | 2,332 2011 US$ | 505.44 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1600s | 1,286 2011 US$ | 4,270 2011 US$ | 2,984 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1650s | 1,511 2011 US$ | 4,316 2011 US$ | 2,805 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1700s | 1,497 2011 US$ | 3,377 2011 US$ | 1,880 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1750s | 1,674 2011 US$ | 3,777 2011 US$ | 2,103 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1800s | 1,572 2011 US$ | 4,184 2011 US$ | 2,612 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1820s | 1,572 2011 US$ | 3,006 2011 US$ | 1,434 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1850s | 2,359 2011 US$ | 3,821 2011 US$ | 1,462 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1860s | 2,777 2011 US$ | 4,047 2011 US$ | 1,270 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 3,197 2011 US$ | 4,492 2011 US$ | 1,295 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1880s | 3,475 2011 US$ | 5,035 2011 US$ | 1,560 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1890s | 4,210 2011 US$ | 5,237 2011 US$ | 1,027 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1900s | 4,920 2011 US$ | 5,608 2011 US$ | 687.6 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 4,996 2011 US$ | 6,131 2011 US$ | 1,135 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1920s | 5,479 2011 US$ | 7,983 2011 US$ | 2,504 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1930s | 6,704 2011 US$ | 8,278 2011 US$ | 1,574 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1940s | 7,031 2011 US$ | 6,959 2011 US$ | 71.9 2011 US$ | Germany |
| 1950s | 8,794 2011 US$ | 11,034 2011 US$ | 2,240 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 14,244 2011 US$ | 15,275 2011 US$ | 1,031 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 19,554 2011 US$ | 21,354 2011 US$ | 1,800 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 23,980 2011 US$ | 24,273 2011 US$ | 292.9 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 28,656 2011 US$ | 30,959 2011 US$ | 2,303 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 36,611 2011 US$ | 40,867 2011 US$ | 4,256 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 43,970 2011 US$ | 44,989 2011 US$ | 1,019 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
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, Germany or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 47,474 2011 US$ against 46,178 2011 US$ in Germany as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Germany and Netherlands?
- 1,296 2011 US$, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Netherlands?
- 176 years are reported by both, from 1500 to 2018.
- How do Germany and Netherlands rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Germany ranks 14th and Netherlands ranks 12th 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]