Ghana vs Sao Tome and Principe: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Ghana
4,267 2011 US$
in 2018
Sao Tome and Principe
3,730 2011 US$
in 2018
Ghana rank
110th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
112th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Ghana
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 4,267 2011 US$ against 3,730 2011 US$ in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 537 2011 US$.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 110th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 112th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,920 2011 US$ | 1,270 2011 US$ | 650 2011 US$ | Ghana |
| 1960s | 2,192 2011 US$ | 1,772 2011 US$ | 419.5 2011 US$ | Ghana |
| 1970s | 2,111 2011 US$ | 2,562 2011 US$ | 450.8 2011 US$ | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 1,641 2011 US$ | 2,584 2011 US$ | 942.1 2011 US$ | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 1,863 2011 US$ | 2,212 2011 US$ | 349.41 2011 US$ | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 2,401 2011 US$ | 2,536 2011 US$ | 135.11 2011 US$ | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 3,692 2011 US$ | 3,433 2011 US$ | 258.57 2011 US$ | Ghana |
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, Ghana or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Ghana, at 4,267 2011 US$ against 3,730 2011 US$ in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 537 2011 US$, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Ghana and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Ghana ranks 110th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 112th 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]