Ireland vs Singapore: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Ireland
64,684 2011 US$
in 2018
Singapore
68,402 2011 US$
in 2018
Ireland rank
6th
Singapore rank
4th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Ireland
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 68,402 2011 US$ against 64,684 2011 US$ in Ireland, a difference of 3,718 2011 US$.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Ireland's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 90 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 6th and Singapore ranks 4th of 145 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 8 and Singapore in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 2,829 2011 US$ | 1,423 2011 US$ | 1,406 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1910s | 4,361 2011 US$ | 1,812 2011 US$ | 2,549 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1920s | 4,186 2011 US$ | 2,724 2011 US$ | 1,462 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1930s | 4,705 2011 US$ | 3,185 2011 US$ | 1,520 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1950s | 6,028 2011 US$ | 3,046 2011 US$ | 2,983 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1960s | 8,062 2011 US$ | 4,298 2011 US$ | 3,763 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1970s | 11,501 2011 US$ | 9,501 2011 US$ | 2,000 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 1980s | 14,865 2011 US$ | 16,797 2011 US$ | 1,932 2011 US$ | Singapore |
| 1990s | 24,833 2011 US$ | 29,490 2011 US$ | 4,658 2011 US$ | Singapore |
| 2000s | 46,399 2011 US$ | 44,167 2011 US$ | 2,232 2011 US$ | Ireland |
| 2010s | 53,715 2011 US$ | 64,498 2011 US$ | 10,783 2011 US$ | Singapore |
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, Ireland or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 68,402 2011 US$ against 64,684 2011 US$ in Ireland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Ireland and Singapore?
- 3,718 2011 US$, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Singapore?
- 90 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2018.
- How do Ireland and Singapore rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Ireland ranks 6th and Singapore ranks 4th 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]