Singapore vs Switzerland: History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita
Singapore
68,402 2011 US$
in 2018
Switzerland
61,373 2011 US$
in 2018
Singapore rank
4th
Switzerland rank
7th
History’s hockey stick: Worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita over time
- Singapore
- Switzerland
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 68,402 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland, a difference of 7,029 2011 US$.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 110 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Switzerland ahead.
Singapore ranks 4th and Switzerland ranks 7th of 145 countries.
Across the 12 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 1 and Switzerland in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1,423 2011 US$ | 2,954 2011 US$ | 1,531 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1900s | 2,248 2011 US$ | 7,058 2011 US$ | 4,810 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1910s | 2,204 2011 US$ | 7,741 2011 US$ | 5,537 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1920s | 2,645 2011 US$ | 8,229 2011 US$ | 5,584 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1930s | 3,185 2011 US$ | 9,805 2011 US$ | 6,620 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1950s | 3,046 2011 US$ | 13,437 2011 US$ | 10,391 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1960s | 4,298 2011 US$ | 19,357 2011 US$ | 15,058 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 9,501 2011 US$ | 25,250 2011 US$ | 15,749 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 16,797 2011 US$ | 29,696 2011 US$ | 12,899 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 29,490 2011 US$ | 36,466 2011 US$ | 6,975 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 44,167 2011 US$ | 49,216 2011 US$ | 5,049 2011 US$ | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 64,498 2011 US$ | 59,290 2011 US$ | 5,207 2011 US$ | Singapore |
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, Singapore or Switzerland?
- Singapore, at 68,402 2011 US$ against 61,373 2011 US$ in Switzerland as of 2018.
- What is the difference in history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita between Singapore and Switzerland?
- 7,029 2011 US$, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Switzerland?
- 110 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2018.
- How do Singapore and Switzerland rank globally for history’s hockey stick: worldwide historical real gross domestic product per capita?
- Singapore ranks 4th and Switzerland ranks 7th 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]