History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala

Guatemala: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 7,402 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
7,402 2011 US$
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
99th
of 145 countries
All-time high
7,402 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
2,028 2011 US$
in 1920
Years of data
99
1920–2018

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala, 1920–2018

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Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.

Analysis

In 2018, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala stood at 7,402 2011 US$. That is the highest value across all 99 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala peaked at 7,402 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,028 2011 US$, in 1920.

That places Guatemala 99th out of 145 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 99 years of available data.

History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala, year by year

Annual values for History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala, 1920 to 2018.
Year 2011 US$ Change
1920 2,028 2011 US$
1921 2,203 2011 US$ +8.6%
1922 2,058 2011 US$ -6.6%
1923 2,240 2011 US$ +8.8%
1924 2,397 2011 US$ +7.0%
1925 2,327 2011 US$ -2.9%
1926 2,327 2011 US$ +0.0%
1927 2,453 2011 US$ +5.4%
1928 2,482 2011 US$ +1.2%
1929 2,742 2011 US$ +10.5%
1930 2,831 2011 US$ +3.2%
1931 2,582 2011 US$ -8.8%
1932 2,200 2011 US$ -14.8%
1933 2,165 2011 US$ -1.6%
1934 2,410 2011 US$ +11.3%
1935 2,729 2011 US$ +13.2%
1936 3,674 2011 US$ +34.6%
1937 3,516 2011 US$ -4.3%
1938 3,545 2011 US$ +0.8%
1939 3,916 2011 US$ +10.5%
1940 4,371 2011 US$ +11.6%
1941 4,503 2011 US$ +3.0%
1942 4,463 2011 US$ -0.9%
1943 2,925 2011 US$ -34.5%
1944 2,775 2011 US$ -5.1%
1945 2,761 2011 US$ -0.5%
1946 3,191 2011 US$ +15.6%
1947 3,148 2011 US$ -1.3%
1948 3,169 2011 US$ +0.7%
1949 3,365 2011 US$ +6.2%
1950 3,323 2011 US$ -1.2%
1951 3,263 2011 US$ -1.8%
1952 3,226 2011 US$ -1.1%
1953 3,239 2011 US$ +0.4%
1954 3,194 2011 US$ -1.4%
1955 3,170 2011 US$ -0.8%
1956 3,347 2011 US$ +5.6%
1957 3,424 2011 US$ +2.3%
1958 3,470 2011 US$ +1.3%
1959 3,524 2011 US$ +1.6%
1960 3,496 2011 US$ -0.8%
1961 3,532 2011 US$ +1.0%
1962 3,543 2011 US$ +0.3%
1963 3,762 2011 US$ +6.2%
1964 3,814 2011 US$ +1.4%
1965 3,900 2011 US$ +2.3%
1966 4,033 2011 US$ +3.4%
1967 4,114 2011 US$ +2.0%
1968 4,385 2011 US$ +6.6%
1969 4,497 2011 US$ +2.6%
1970 4,653 2011 US$ +3.5%
1971 4,801 2011 US$ +3.2%
1972 5,037 2011 US$ +4.9%
1973 5,255 2011 US$ +4.3%
1974 5,461 2011 US$ +3.9%
1975 5,439 2011 US$ -0.4%
1976 5,705 2011 US$ +4.9%
1977 6,005 2011 US$ +5.3%
1978 6,156 2011 US$ +2.5%
1979 6,298 2011 US$ +2.3%
1980 6,384 2011 US$ +1.4%
1981 6,256 2011 US$ -2.0%
1982 5,903 2011 US$ -5.6%
1983 5,585 2011 US$ -5.4%
1984 5,469 2011 US$ -2.1%
1985 5,292 2011 US$ -3.2%
1986 5,136 2011 US$ -2.9%
1987 5,098 2011 US$ -0.7%
1988 5,086 2011 US$ -0.2%
1989 5,144 2011 US$ +1.1%
1990 5,165 2011 US$ +0.4%
1991 5,167 2011 US$ +0.0%
1992 5,304 2011 US$ +2.7%
1993 5,383 2011 US$ +1.5%
1994 5,415 2011 US$ +0.6%
1995 5,501 2011 US$ +1.6%
1996 5,512 2011 US$ +0.2%
1997 5,601 2011 US$ +1.6%
1998 5,731 2011 US$ +2.3%
1999 5,825 2011 US$ +1.6%
2000 5,860 2011 US$ +0.6%
2001 5,883 2011 US$ +0.4%
2002 5,980 2011 US$ +1.7%
2003 6,004 2011 US$ +0.4%
2004 6,070 2011 US$ +1.1%
2005 6,130 2011 US$ +1.0%
2006 6,306 2011 US$ +2.9%
2007 6,546 2011 US$ +3.8%
2008 6,605 2011 US$ +0.9%
2009 6,489 2011 US$ -1.8%
2010 6,526 2011 US$ +0.6%
2011 6,650 2011 US$ +1.9%
2012 6,714 2011 US$ +1.0%
2013 6,829 2011 US$ +1.7%
2014 6,981 2011 US$ +2.2%
2015 7,138 2011 US$ +2.2%
2016 7,221 2011 US$ +1.2%
2017 7,308 2011 US$ +1.2%
2018 7,402 2011 US$ +1.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1920s 2,326 2011 US$ 2,028 2011 US$ 2,742 2011 US$ 10
1930s 2,957 2011 US$ 2,165 2011 US$ 3,916 2011 US$ 10
1940s 3,467 2011 US$ 2,761 2011 US$ 4,503 2011 US$ 10
1950s 3,318 2011 US$ 3,170 2011 US$ 3,524 2011 US$ 10
1960s 3,908 2011 US$ 3,496 2011 US$ 4,497 2011 US$ 10
1970s 5,481 2011 US$ 4,653 2011 US$ 6,298 2011 US$ 10
1980s 5,535 2011 US$ 5,086 2011 US$ 6,384 2011 US$ 10
1990s 5,460 2011 US$ 5,165 2011 US$ 5,825 2011 US$ 10
2000s 6,187 2011 US$ 5,860 2011 US$ 6,605 2011 US$ 10
2010s 6,974 2011 US$ 6,526 2011 US$ 7,402 2011 US$ 9

Countries ranked near Guatemala

  1. 96 Cuba 8,326 2011 US$ compare
  2. 97 Philippines 8,139 2011 US$ compare
  3. 98 Angola 7,771 2011 US$ compare
  4. 100 Jamaica 7,273 2011 US$ compare
  5. 101 India 6,806 2011 US$ compare
  6. 102 Myanmar 5,838 2011 US$ compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala?
History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Guatemala was 7,402 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 Guatemala?
The highest recorded value was 7,402 2011 US$ in 2018.
What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Guatemala?
The lowest recorded value was 2,028 2011 US$ in 1920.
How does Guatemala rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
Guatemala ranks 99th 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 Guatemala?
Over the last ten years it is up 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Guatemala 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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Indicator
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale
Unit
2011 US$
Source
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
145 places, 17,704 data points, 1000–2018
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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]