Netherlands vs Saudi Arabia: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Netherlands
47,474 2011 US$
in 2018
Saudi Arabia
50,305 2011 US$
in 2018
Netherlands rank
12th
Saudi Arabia rank
10th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Netherlands
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 50,305 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands, a difference of 2,831 2011 US$.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 72 shared years of data; in 1820 it was Netherlands ahead.
Netherlands ranks 12th and Saudi Arabia ranks 10th of 145 countries.
Across the 10 decades both report, Netherlands averaged higher in 9 and Saudi Arabia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Netherlands | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 3,006 2011 US$ | 797 2011 US$ | 2,209 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1870s | 4,422 2011 US$ | 829 2011 US$ | 3,593 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1910s | 6,454 2011 US$ | 956 2011 US$ | 5,498 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1950s | 11,034 2011 US$ | 4,532 2011 US$ | 6,502 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1960s | 15,275 2011 US$ | 8,608 2011 US$ | 6,667 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1970s | 21,354 2011 US$ | 17,803 2011 US$ | 3,551 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1980s | 24,273 2011 US$ | 16,244 2011 US$ | 8,029 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 30,959 2011 US$ | 19,081 2011 US$ | 11,878 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 40,867 2011 US$ | 31,207 2011 US$ | 9,660 2011 US$ | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 44,989 2011 US$ | 49,462 2011 US$ | 4,473 2011 US$ | Saudi Arabia |
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, Netherlands or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 50,305 2011 US$ against 47,474 2011 US$ in Netherlands as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Netherlands and Saudi Arabia?
- 2,831 2011 US$, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Netherlands and Saudi Arabia?
- 72 years are reported by both, from 1820 to 2018.
- How do Netherlands and Saudi Arabia rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Netherlands ranks 12th and Saudi Arabia ranks 10th 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]