Rwanda vs Uganda: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Rwanda
1,929 2011 US$
in 2018
Uganda
2,045 2011 US$
in 2018
Rwanda rank
127th
Uganda rank
125th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Rwanda
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 2,045 2011 US$ against 1,929 2011 US$ in Rwanda, a difference of 116 2011 US$.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 69 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Uganda ahead.
Rwanda ranks 127th and Uganda ranks 125th of 145 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Rwanda averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 1,078 2011 US$ | 44.7 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1960s | 1,140 2011 US$ | 1,232 2011 US$ | 92.3 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1,356 2011 US$ | 1,251 2011 US$ | 104.8 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 1,624 2011 US$ | 917 2011 US$ | 707 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 1,068 2011 US$ | 1,031 2011 US$ | 37.13 2011 US$ | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 1,205 2011 US$ | 1,441 2011 US$ | 236.12 2011 US$ | Uganda |
| 2010s | 1,641 2011 US$ | 1,931 2011 US$ | 290.76 2011 US$ | Uganda |
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, Rwanda or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 2,045 2011 US$ against 1,929 2011 US$ in Rwanda as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Rwanda and Uganda?
- 116 2011 US$, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Uganda?
- 69 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2018.
- How do Rwanda and Uganda rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 127th and Uganda ranks 125th 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]