History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Nepal
Nepal: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 2,727 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
2,727 2011 US$
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
120th
of 145 countries
All-time high
2,727 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
641 2011 US$
in 1820
Years of data
72
1820–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Nepal, 1820–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 2,727 2011 US$ for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in 2018. That is the highest value across all 72 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Nepal peaked at 2,727 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 641 2011 US$, in 1820.
Nepal ranks 120th of 145 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 72 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Nepal, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 641 2011 US$ | — |
| 1870 | 641 2011 US$ | +0.0% |
| 1913 | 870 2011 US$ | +35.7% |
| 1950 | 802 2011 US$ | -7.8% |
| 1951 | 816 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 1952 | 835 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 1953 | 877 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1954 | 886 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1955 | 894 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1956 | 925 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1957 | 915 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 1958 | 956 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 1959 | 971 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1960 | 980 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1961 | 990 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1962 | 998 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 1,006 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 1,012 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,019 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 1,071 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 1,034 2011 US$ | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 1,023 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,049 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 1,055 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1,022 2011 US$ | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 1,034 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 1,009 2011 US$ | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 1,052 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 1,047 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 1,071 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 1,081 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 1,105 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 1,106 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 1,057 2011 US$ | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 1,119 2011 US$ | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 1,135 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 1,076 2011 US$ | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 1,152 2011 US$ | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 1,194 2011 US$ | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 1,218 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 1,208 2011 US$ | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 1,269 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,290 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 1,315 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,361 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 1,375 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,385 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1,456 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 1,468 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 1,512 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 1,558 2011 US$ | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1,571 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 1,609 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,677 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 1,738 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 1,710 2011 US$ | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 1,748 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1,802 2011 US$ | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1,836 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 1,884 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1,927 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 2,021 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 2,085 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 2,152 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 2,189 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 2,258 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 2,316 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 2,421 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 2,455 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 2,435 2011 US$ | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 2,600 2011 US$ | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 2,727 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 641 2011 US$ | 641 2011 US$ | 641 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1870s | 641 2011 US$ | 641 2011 US$ | 641 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1910s | 870 2011 US$ | 870 2011 US$ | 870 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1950s | 887.7 2011 US$ | 802 2011 US$ | 971 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,018 2011 US$ | 980 2011 US$ | 1,071 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,058 2011 US$ | 1,009 2011 US$ | 1,106 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,172 2011 US$ | 1,057 2011 US$ | 1,290 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,461 2011 US$ | 1,315 2011 US$ | 1,609 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,843 2011 US$ | 1,677 2011 US$ | 2,085 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,395 2011 US$ | 2,152 2011 US$ | 2,727 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 Nepal?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Nepal was 2,727 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,727 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 641 2011 US$ in 1820.
- How does Nepal rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Nepal ranks 120th 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 Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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]