History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 1,590 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
1,590 2011 US$
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
136th
of 145 countries
All-time high
1,590 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
756 2011 US$
in 1950
Years of data
69
1950–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso, 1950–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 1,590 2011 US$ for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in 2018. That is the highest value across all 69 years on record.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso peaked at 1,590 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 756 2011 US$, in 1950.
That places Burkina Faso 136th out of 145 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 756 2011 US$ | — |
| 1951 | 776 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1952 | 797 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1953 | 816 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 838 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1955 | 859 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1956 | 883 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1957 | 905 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1958 | 929 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1959 | 953 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1960 | 971 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1961 | 1,004 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1962 | 1,060 2011 US$ | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 1,039 2011 US$ | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 1,055 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 1,087 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 1,082 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 1,165 2011 US$ | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 1,189 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 1,199 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,188 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 1,219 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 1,253 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,172 2011 US$ | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 1,132 2011 US$ | -3.4% |
| 1975 | 1,068 2011 US$ | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 1,039 2011 US$ | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 1,090 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 1,189 2011 US$ | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 1,173 2011 US$ | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 1,165 2011 US$ | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,186 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 1,183 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 1,140 2011 US$ | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 1,129 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 1,243 2011 US$ | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 1,400 2011 US$ | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 1,336 2011 US$ | -4.6% |
| 1988 | 1,403 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,342 2011 US$ | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 1,286 2011 US$ | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 1,331 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 1,265 2011 US$ | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 1,240 2011 US$ | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 1,189 2011 US$ | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 1,191 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 1,256 2011 US$ | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 1,268 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1,294 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,319 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 1,275 2011 US$ | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 1,283 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 1,256 2011 US$ | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 1,278 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1,269 2011 US$ | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,310 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,323 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,309 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 1,315 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,287 2011 US$ | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 1,326 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 1,344 2011 US$ | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,388 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1,422 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1,437 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1,450 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,483 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,530 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 1,590 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 851.2 2011 US$ | 756 2011 US$ | 953 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,085 2011 US$ | 971 2011 US$ | 1,199 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,152 2011 US$ | 1,039 2011 US$ | 1,253 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,253 2011 US$ | 1,129 2011 US$ | 1,403 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,264 2011 US$ | 1,189 2011 US$ | 1,331 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,290 2011 US$ | 1,256 2011 US$ | 1,323 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,441 2011 US$ | 1,326 2011 US$ | 1,590 2011 US$ | 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Burkina Faso was 1,590 2011 US$ in 2018, according to Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 1,590 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 756 2011 US$ in 1950.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Burkina Faso ranks 136th out of 145 countries with data for 2018.
- Is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution’ Section 1.3 'History's Hockey Stick: Growth in income' in The CORE Team, The Economy. Available at: https://tinyco.re/28126370 [Figure 1.1b]