Malawi vs Niger: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Malawi
1,117 2011 US$
in 2018
Niger
964.66 2011 US$
in 2018
Malawi rank
141st
Niger rank
142nd
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Malawi
- Niger
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 1,117 2011 US$ against 964.66 2011 US$ in Niger, a difference of 152.34 2011 US$.
That makes Malawi's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.
Malawi ranks 141st and Niger ranks 142nd of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 572.1 2011 US$ | 1,073 2011 US$ | 500.6 2011 US$ | Niger |
| 1960s | 652.5 2011 US$ | 1,372 2011 US$ | 719.8 2011 US$ | Niger |
| 1970s | 906.4 2011 US$ | 1,178 2011 US$ | 271.7 2011 US$ | Niger |
| 1980s | 921.4 2011 US$ | 1,062 2011 US$ | 140.6 2011 US$ | Niger |
| 1990s | 908.26 2011 US$ | 767.21 2011 US$ | 141.05 2011 US$ | Malawi |
| 2000s | 949.28 2011 US$ | 751.41 2011 US$ | 197.87 2011 US$ | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1,109 2011 US$ | 889.13 2011 US$ | 220.09 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, Malawi or Niger?
- Malawi, at 1,117 2011 US$ against 964.66 2011 US$ in Niger as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Malawi and Niger?
- 152.34 2011 US$, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Niger?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Malawi and Niger rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Malawi ranks 141st and Niger ranks 142nd 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]