History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in New Zealand
New Zealand: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 35,336 2011 US$ in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2018)
35,336 2011 US$
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
26th
of 145 countries
All-time high
35,336 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
826 2011 US$
in 1820
Years of data
152
1820–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in New Zealand, 1820–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 35,336 2011 US$ for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in 2018. That is the highest value across all 152 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in New Zealand peaked at 35,336 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 826 2011 US$, in 1820.
New Zealand ranks 26th of 145 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 826 2011 US$ | — |
| 1850 | 1,824 2011 US$ | +120.8% |
| 1860 | 3,526 2011 US$ | +93.3% |
| 1870 | 4,941 2011 US$ | +40.1% |
| 1871 | 5,029 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1872 | 5,616 2011 US$ | +11.7% |
| 1873 | 6,107 2011 US$ | +8.7% |
| 1874 | 6,126 2011 US$ | +0.3% |
| 1875 | 5,879 2011 US$ | -4.0% |
| 1876 | 5,775 2011 US$ | -1.8% |
| 1877 | 6,347 2011 US$ | +9.9% |
| 1878 | 6,808 2011 US$ | +7.3% |
| 1879 | 5,689 2011 US$ | -16.4% |
| 1880 | 5,973 2011 US$ | +5.0% |
| 1881 | 6,001 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1882 | 5,812 2011 US$ | -3.1% |
| 1883 | 5,571 2011 US$ | -4.1% |
| 1884 | 5,903 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1885 | 5,718 2011 US$ | -3.1% |
| 1886 | 5,742 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1887 | 5,745 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 1888 | 5,665 2011 US$ | -1.4% |
| 1889 | 5,899 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1890 | 5,985 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1891 | 5,947 2011 US$ | -0.6% |
| 1892 | 6,059 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1893 | 6,038 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1894 | 5,705 2011 US$ | -5.5% |
| 1895 | 5,805 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1896 | 6,357 2011 US$ | +9.5% |
| 1897 | 6,296 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 1898 | 6,352 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1899 | 6,441 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1900 | 6,851 2011 US$ | +6.4% |
| 1901 | 6,731 2011 US$ | -1.8% |
| 1902 | 7,074 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1903 | 7,535 2011 US$ | +6.5% |
| 1904 | 7,285 2011 US$ | -3.3% |
| 1905 | 7,731 2011 US$ | +6.1% |
| 1906 | 8,222 2011 US$ | +6.4% |
| 1907 | 8,512 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1908 | 7,707 2011 US$ | -9.5% |
| 1909 | 7,603 2011 US$ | -1.3% |
| 1910 | 8,474 2011 US$ | +11.5% |
| 1911 | 8,757 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 1912 | 8,303 2011 US$ | -5.2% |
| 1913 | 8,212 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 1914 | 8,271 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1915 | 8,247 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1916 | 8,161 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 1917 | 7,983 2011 US$ | -2.2% |
| 1918 | 7,828 2011 US$ | -1.9% |
| 1919 | 8,421 2011 US$ | +7.6% |
| 1920 | 8,992 2011 US$ | +6.8% |
| 1921 | 8,174 2011 US$ | -9.1% |
| 1922 | 7,716 2011 US$ | -5.6% |
| 1923 | 8,199 2011 US$ | +6.3% |
| 1924 | 8,198 2011 US$ | -0.0% |
| 1925 | 8,435 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 1926 | 7,818 2011 US$ | -7.3% |
| 1927 | 7,465 2011 US$ | -4.5% |
| 1928 | 8,195 2011 US$ | +9.8% |
| 1929 | 8,388 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1930 | 7,906 2011 US$ | -5.7% |
| 1931 | 7,133 2011 US$ | -9.8% |
| 1932 | 6,897 2011 US$ | -3.3% |
| 1933 | 7,294 2011 US$ | +5.8% |
| 1934 | 7,600 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 1935 | 7,905 2011 US$ | +4.0% |
| 1936 | 9,309 2011 US$ | +17.8% |
| 1937 | 9,726 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 1938 | 10,300 2011 US$ | +5.9% |
| 1939 | 10,297 2011 US$ | -0.0% |
| 1940 | 10,042 2011 US$ | -2.5% |
| 1941 | 9,770 2011 US$ | -2.7% |
| 1942 | 10,779 2011 US$ | +10.3% |
| 1943 | 11,043 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1944 | 10,947 2011 US$ | -0.9% |
| 1945 | 11,043 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1946 | 11,415 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1947 | 12,506 2011 US$ | +9.6% |
| 1948 | 11,045 2011 US$ | -11.7% |
| 1949 | 11,988 2011 US$ | +8.5% |
| 1950 | 13,479 2011 US$ | +12.4% |
| 1951 | 12,199 2011 US$ | -9.5% |
| 1952 | 12,427 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1953 | 12,522 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 13,936 2011 US$ | +11.3% |
| 1955 | 13,908 2011 US$ | -0.2% |
| 1956 | 14,346 2011 US$ | +3.1% |
| 1957 | 14,418 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1958 | 14,641 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1959 | 15,350 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 1960 | 15,087 2011 US$ | -1.7% |
| 1961 | 15,533 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 1962 | 15,511 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 16,150 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 16,606 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 17,341 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 18,111 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 17,027 2011 US$ | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 16,809 2011 US$ | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 18,348 2011 US$ | +9.2% |
| 1970 | 17,835 2011 US$ | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 18,452 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 18,889 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 19,804 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 20,529 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 19,907 2011 US$ | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 20,161 2011 US$ | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 19,110 2011 US$ | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 19,182 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 19,580 2011 US$ | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 19,681 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 20,537 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 20,715 2011 US$ | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 21,015 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 21,783 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 21,780 2011 US$ | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 22,124 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 22,142 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 22,022 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 22,107 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 21,817 2011 US$ | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 21,126 2011 US$ | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 21,093 2011 US$ | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 21,898 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 23,077 2011 US$ | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 23,752 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 24,321 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 24,802 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 24,861 2011 US$ | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 25,868 2011 US$ | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 26,823 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 27,167 2011 US$ | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 28,066 2011 US$ | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 28,876 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 29,807 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 30,270 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 30,799 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 31,784 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 31,445 2011 US$ | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 31,233 2011 US$ | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 31,586 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 32,057 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 32,674 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 32,989 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 33,339 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 33,696 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 34,295 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 34,876 2011 US$ | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 35,336 2011 US$ | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820s | 826 2011 US$ | 826 2011 US$ | 826 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1850s | 1,824 2011 US$ | 1,824 2011 US$ | 1,824 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1860s | 3,526 2011 US$ | 3,526 2011 US$ | 3,526 2011 US$ | 1 |
| 1870s | 5,832 2011 US$ | 4,941 2011 US$ | 6,808 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1880s | 5,803 2011 US$ | 5,571 2011 US$ | 6,001 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1890s | 6,098 2011 US$ | 5,705 2011 US$ | 6,441 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1900s | 7,525 2011 US$ | 6,731 2011 US$ | 8,512 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1910s | 8,266 2011 US$ | 7,828 2011 US$ | 8,757 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1920s | 8,158 2011 US$ | 7,465 2011 US$ | 8,992 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1930s | 8,437 2011 US$ | 6,897 2011 US$ | 10,300 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1940s | 11,058 2011 US$ | 9,770 2011 US$ | 12,506 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1950s | 13,723 2011 US$ | 12,199 2011 US$ | 15,350 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 16,652 2011 US$ | 15,087 2011 US$ | 18,348 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 19,345 2011 US$ | 17,835 2011 US$ | 20,529 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,391 2011 US$ | 19,681 2011 US$ | 22,142 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,262 2011 US$ | 21,093 2011 US$ | 25,868 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,627 2011 US$ | 26,823 2011 US$ | 31,784 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,428 2011 US$ | 31,586 2011 US$ | 35,336 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 New Zealand?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in New Zealand was 35,336 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 35,336 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 826 2011 US$ in 1820.
- How does New Zealand rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- New Zealand ranks 26th 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 New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Zealand 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]