History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Finland
Finland: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 38,897 2011 US$ in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2018)
38,897 2011 US$
Change on year
up 1.4%
World rank
21st
of 145 countries
All-time high
40,130 2011 US$
in 2008
All-time low
1,191 2011 US$
in 1600
Years of data
166
1600–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Finland, 1600–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
Finland recorded 38,897 2011 US$ for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in 2018.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Finland peaked at 40,130 2011 US$ in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,191 2011 US$, in 1600.
Finland ranks 21st of 145 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Finland, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1600 | 1,191 2011 US$ | — |
| 1650 | 1,246 2011 US$ | +4.6% |
| 1700 | 1,331 2011 US$ | +6.8% |
| 1750 | 1,486 2011 US$ | +11.6% |
| 1800 | 1,213 2011 US$ | -18.4% |
| 1820 | 1,313 2011 US$ | +8.2% |
| 1850 | 1,519 2011 US$ | +15.7% |
| 1860 | 1,522 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
| 1861 | 1,527 2011 US$ | +0.3% |
| 1862 | 1,428 2011 US$ | -6.5% |
| 1863 | 1,527 2011 US$ | +6.9% |
| 1864 | 1,545 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1865 | 1,516 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 1866 | 1,527 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1867 | 1,412 2011 US$ | -7.5% |
| 1868 | 1,599 2011 US$ | +13.2% |
| 1869 | 1,755 2011 US$ | +9.8% |
| 1870 | 1,817 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1871 | 1,796 2011 US$ | -1.2% |
| 1872 | 1,825 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1873 | 1,902 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 1874 | 1,919 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1875 | 1,930 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 1876 | 2,007 2011 US$ | +4.0% |
| 1877 | 1,930 2011 US$ | -3.8% |
| 1878 | 1,870 2011 US$ | -3.1% |
| 1879 | 1,860 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1880 | 1,841 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 1881 | 1,769 2011 US$ | -3.9% |
| 1882 | 1,918 2011 US$ | +8.4% |
| 1883 | 1,961 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1884 | 1,943 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1885 | 1,962 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1886 | 2,034 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1887 | 2,034 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 1888 | 2,075 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1889 | 2,115 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1890 | 2,201 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1891 | 2,152 2011 US$ | -2.2% |
| 1892 | 2,040 2011 US$ | -5.2% |
| 1893 | 2,138 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 1894 | 2,230 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1895 | 2,378 2011 US$ | +6.6% |
| 1896 | 2,503 2011 US$ | +5.3% |
| 1897 | 2,589 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1898 | 2,659 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1899 | 2,562 2011 US$ | -3.6% |
| 1900 | 2,659 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 1901 | 2,608 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 1902 | 2,536 2011 US$ | -2.8% |
| 1903 | 2,687 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1904 | 2,759 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1905 | 2,777 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1906 | 2,860 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 1907 | 2,923 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1908 | 2,915 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1909 | 3,003 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 1910 | 3,038 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1911 | 3,091 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 1912 | 3,223 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1913 | 3,365 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 1914 | 3,190 2011 US$ | -5.2% |
| 1915 | 3,000 2011 US$ | -6.0% |
| 1916 | 3,017 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 1917 | 2,520 2011 US$ | -16.5% |
| 1918 | 2,184 2011 US$ | -13.3% |
| 1919 | 2,643 2011 US$ | +21.0% |
| 1920 | 2,942 2011 US$ | +11.3% |
| 1921 | 3,003 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1922 | 3,280 2011 US$ | +9.2% |
| 1923 | 3,486 2011 US$ | +6.3% |
| 1924 | 3,545 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 1925 | 3,711 2011 US$ | +4.7% |
| 1926 | 3,813 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1927 | 4,076 2011 US$ | +6.9% |
| 1928 | 4,315 2011 US$ | +5.9% |
| 1929 | 4,331 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1930 | 4,250 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 1931 | 4,114 2011 US$ | -3.2% |
| 1932 | 4,065 2011 US$ | -1.2% |
| 1933 | 4,307 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1934 | 4,763 2011 US$ | +10.6% |
| 1935 | 4,930 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1936 | 5,227 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1937 | 5,485 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
| 1938 | 5,721 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1939 | 5,432 2011 US$ | -5.1% |
| 1940 | 5,133 2011 US$ | -5.5% |
| 1941 | 5,295 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 1942 | 5,303 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
| 1943 | 5,893 2011 US$ | +11.1% |
| 1944 | 5,874 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1945 | 5,499 2011 US$ | -6.4% |
| 1946 | 5,871 2011 US$ | +6.8% |
| 1947 | 5,925 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1948 | 6,307 2011 US$ | +6.4% |
| 1949 | 6,604 2011 US$ | +4.7% |
| 1950 | 6,779 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1951 | 7,286 2011 US$ | +7.5% |
| 1952 | 7,450 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 1953 | 7,415 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1954 | 7,973 2011 US$ | +7.5% |
| 1955 | 8,284 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1956 | 8,440 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1957 | 8,751 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1958 | 8,725 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1959 | 9,172 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1960 | 9,931 2011 US$ | +8.3% |
| 1961 | 10,613 2011 US$ | +6.9% |
| 1962 | 10,869 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 11,148 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 11,647 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 12,226 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 12,471 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 12,667 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 12,900 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 14,151 2011 US$ | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 15,266 2011 US$ | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 15,565 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 16,654 2011 US$ | +7.0% |
| 1973 | 17,669 2011 US$ | +6.1% |
| 1974 | 18,109 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 18,237 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 18,104 2011 US$ | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 18,100 2011 US$ | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 18,425 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 19,657 2011 US$ | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 20,640 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 20,935 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 21,495 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 21,944 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 22,486 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 23,148 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 23,621 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 24,519 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 25,644 2011 US$ | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 27,012 2011 US$ | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 26,884 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 25,175 2011 US$ | -6.4% |
| 1992 | 24,220 2011 US$ | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 23,944 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 24,798 2011 US$ | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 25,762 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 26,637 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 28,240 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 29,715 2011 US$ | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 30,987 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 32,690 2011 US$ | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 33,482 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 33,987 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 34,607 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 35,889 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 36,787 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 38,161 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 39,998 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 40,130 2011 US$ | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 36,663 2011 US$ | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 37,615 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 38,432 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 37,704 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 37,246 2011 US$ | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 36,858 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 36,836 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 37,239 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 38,367 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 38,897 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1600s | 1,191 2011 US$ | 1,191 2011 US$ | 1,191 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1650s | 1,246 2011 US$ | 1,246 2011 US$ | 1,246 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1700s | 1,331 2011 US$ | 1,331 2011 US$ | 1,331 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1750s | 1,486 2011 US$ | 1,486 2011 US$ | 1,486 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1800s | 1,213 2011 US$ | 1,213 2011 US$ | 1,213 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1820s | 1,313 2011 US$ | 1,313 2011 US$ | 1,313 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1850s | 1,519 2011 US$ | 1,519 2011 US$ | 1,519 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1860s | 1,536 2011 US$ | 1,412 2011 US$ | 1,755 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1870s | 1,886 2011 US$ | 1,796 2011 US$ | 2,007 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1880s | 1,965 2011 US$ | 1,769 2011 US$ | 2,115 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1890s | 2,345 2011 US$ | 2,040 2011 US$ | 2,659 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1900s | 2,773 2011 US$ | 2,536 2011 US$ | 3,003 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1910s | 2,927 2011 US$ | 2,184 2011 US$ | 3,365 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1920s | 3,650 2011 US$ | 2,942 2011 US$ | 4,331 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1930s | 4,829 2011 US$ | 4,065 2011 US$ | 5,721 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1940s | 5,770 2011 US$ | 5,133 2011 US$ | 6,604 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1950s | 8,028 2011 US$ | 6,779 2011 US$ | 9,172 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 11,862 2011 US$ | 9,931 2011 US$ | 14,151 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 17,579 2011 US$ | 15,266 2011 US$ | 19,657 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,144 2011 US$ | 20,640 2011 US$ | 27,012 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,636 2011 US$ | 23,944 2011 US$ | 30,987 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,239 2011 US$ | 32,690 2011 US$ | 40,130 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 37,688 2011 US$ | 36,836 2011 US$ | 38,897 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 Finland?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Finland was 38,897 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 40,130 2011 US$ in 2008.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,191 2011 US$ in 1600.
- How does Finland rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Finland ranks 21st 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 Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Finland 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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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]