Kenya vs Zambia: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Kenya
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
Zambia
3,534 2011 US$
in 2018
Kenya rank
116th
Zambia rank
114th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Kenya
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 3,534 2011 US$ against 3,377 2011 US$ in Kenya, a difference of 157 2011 US$.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.
Kenya ranks 116th and Zambia ranks 114th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 1,216 2011 US$ | 92.5 2011 US$ | Zambia |
| 1960s | 1,228 2011 US$ | 1,619 2011 US$ | 391.6 2011 US$ | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1,548 2011 US$ | 1,654 2011 US$ | 105.3 2011 US$ | Zambia |
| 1980s | 1,668 2011 US$ | 1,305 2011 US$ | 363.2 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 1990s | 1,801 2011 US$ | 1,276 2011 US$ | 524.5 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 2000s | 2,147 2011 US$ | 1,971 2011 US$ | 175.97 2011 US$ | Kenya |
| 2010s | 2,966 2011 US$ | 3,386 2011 US$ | 419.76 2011 US$ | Zambia |
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, Kenya or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 3,534 2011 US$ against 3,377 2011 US$ in Kenya as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Kenya and Zambia?
- 157 2011 US$, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zambia?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Kenya and Zambia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Kenya ranks 116th and Zambia ranks 114th 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]