History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Rwanda
Rwanda: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 1,929 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
1,929 2011 US$
Change on year
up 6.1%
World rank
127th
of 145 countries
All-time high
1,929 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
707.3 2011 US$
in 1994
Years of data
69
1950–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Rwanda, 1950–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 1,929 2011 US$ 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.
That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Rwanda peaked at 1,929 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 707.3 2011 US$, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 127th of 145 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,020 2011 US$ | — |
| 1951 | 1,058 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1952 | 1,071 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1953 | 1,090 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1954 | 1,127 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1955 | 1,138 2011 US$ | +1.0% |
| 1956 | 1,156 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1957 | 1,173 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1958 | 1,178 2011 US$ | +0.4% |
| 1959 | 1,216 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 1960 | 1,224 2011 US$ | +0.7% |
| 1961 | 1,167 2011 US$ | -4.7% |
| 1962 | 1,296 2011 US$ | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 1,140 2011 US$ | -12.0% |
| 1964 | 980 2011 US$ | -14.0% |
| 1965 | 1,023 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 1,065 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 1,109 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 1,154 2011 US$ | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 1,243 2011 US$ | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 1,337 2011 US$ | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 1,315 2011 US$ | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 1,282 2011 US$ | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 1,288 2011 US$ | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,262 2011 US$ | -2.0% |
| 1975 | 1,199 2011 US$ | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 1,387 2011 US$ | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 1,409 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 1,495 2011 US$ | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 1,584 2011 US$ | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 1,672 2011 US$ | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1,706 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1,680 2011 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 1,722 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 1,597 2011 US$ | -7.3% |
| 1985 | 1,621 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 1,642 2011 US$ | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,586 2011 US$ | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 1,538 2011 US$ | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 1,476 2011 US$ | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 1,398 2011 US$ | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 1,282 2011 US$ | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 1,302 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 1,111 2011 US$ | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 707.3 2011 US$ | -36.3% |
| 1995 | 1,049 2011 US$ | +48.3% |
| 1996 | 976.41 2011 US$ | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 932.01 2011 US$ | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 950.39 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 975.84 2011 US$ | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 1,024 2011 US$ | +4.9% |
| 2001 | 1,067 2011 US$ | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 1,154 2011 US$ | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 1,130 2011 US$ | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,159 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 1,211 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 1,262 2011 US$ | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 1,291 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 1,365 2011 US$ | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 1,384 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 1,416 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,449 2011 US$ | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,531 2011 US$ | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1,554 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 1,615 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 1,693 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 1,758 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,819 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 1,929 2011 US$ | +6.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 1,020 2011 US$ | 1,216 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,140 2011 US$ | 980 2011 US$ | 1,296 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,356 2011 US$ | 1,199 2011 US$ | 1,584 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,624 2011 US$ | 1,476 2011 US$ | 1,722 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,068 2011 US$ | 707.3 2011 US$ | 1,398 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,205 2011 US$ | 1,024 2011 US$ | 1,384 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,641 2011 US$ | 1,416 2011 US$ | 1,929 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 Rwanda?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Rwanda was 1,929 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,929 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 707.3 2011 US$ in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Rwanda ranks 127th 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 Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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]