Liberia vs Malawi: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Liberia
818.42 2011 US$
in 2018
Malawi
1,117 2011 US$
in 2018
Liberia rank
143rd
Malawi rank
141st
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Liberia
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1,117 2011 US$ against 818.42 2011 US$ in Liberia, a difference of 298.58 2011 US$.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.4 times Liberia's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Liberia ahead.
Liberia ranks 143rd and Malawi ranks 141st of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Liberia averaged higher in 4 and Malawi in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Liberia | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3,412 2011 US$ | 572.1 2011 US$ | 2,840 2011 US$ | Liberia |
| 1960s | 3,858 2011 US$ | 652.5 2011 US$ | 3,206 2011 US$ | Liberia |
| 1970s | 4,488 2011 US$ | 906.4 2011 US$ | 3,581 2011 US$ | Liberia |
| 1980s | 3,443 2011 US$ | 921.4 2011 US$ | 2,522 2011 US$ | Liberia |
| 1990s | 824.35 2011 US$ | 908.26 2011 US$ | 83.91 2011 US$ | Malawi |
| 2000s | 896.71 2011 US$ | 949.28 2011 US$ | 52.57 2011 US$ | Malawi |
| 2010s | 850.25 2011 US$ | 1,109 2011 US$ | 258.97 2011 US$ | Malawi |
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, Liberia or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 1,117 2011 US$ against 818.42 2011 US$ in Liberia as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Liberia and Malawi?
- 298.58 2011 US$, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Liberia and Malawi?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Liberia and Malawi rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Liberia ranks 143rd and Malawi ranks 141st 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]