History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Kenya
Kenya: History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale was 3,377 2011 US$ in 2018. ▲ Rising
Latest (2018)
3,377 2011 US$
Change on year
up 3.9%
World rank
116th
of 145 countries
All-time high
3,377 2011 US$
in 2018
All-time low
1,009 2011 US$
in 1953
Years of data
69
1950–2018
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Kenya, 1950–2018
Source: Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in 2011 US$.
Analysis
Kenya recorded 3,377 2011 US$ 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Kenya peaked at 3,377 2011 US$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,009 2011 US$, in 1953.
Kenya ranks 116th of 145 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 69 years of available data.
History’s hockey stick: Real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Kenya, year by year
| Year | 2011 US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,038 2011 US$ | — |
| 1951 | 1,229 2011 US$ | +18.4% |
| 1952 | 1,063 2011 US$ | -13.5% |
| 1953 | 1,009 2011 US$ | -5.1% |
| 1954 | 1,095 2011 US$ | +8.5% |
| 1955 | 1,144 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 1956 | 1,173 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1957 | 1,176 2011 US$ | +0.3% |
| 1958 | 1,156 2011 US$ | -1.7% |
| 1959 | 1,148 2011 US$ | -0.7% |
| 1960 | 1,157 2011 US$ | +0.8% |
| 1961 | 1,093 2011 US$ | -5.5% |
| 1962 | 1,117 2011 US$ | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1,138 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 1,208 2011 US$ | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 1,184 2011 US$ | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 1,294 2011 US$ | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 1,317 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,366 2011 US$ | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 1,404 2011 US$ | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 1,458 2011 US$ | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1,500 2011 US$ | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 1,524 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 1,546 2011 US$ | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,564 2011 US$ | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,502 2011 US$ | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 1,503 2011 US$ | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1,580 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 1,656 2011 US$ | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 1,651 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 1,675 2011 US$ | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,647 2011 US$ | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 1,680 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 1,627 2011 US$ | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1,594 2011 US$ | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 1,604 2011 US$ | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 1,658 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,698 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 1,741 2011 US$ | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 1,761 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 1,780 2011 US$ | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 1,778 2011 US$ | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,725 2011 US$ | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 1,698 2011 US$ | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 1,730 2011 US$ | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 1,790 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 1996 | 1,851 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 1,846 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,890 2011 US$ | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 1,921 2011 US$ | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1,915 2011 US$ | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 1,972 2011 US$ | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 1,962 2011 US$ | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,998 2011 US$ | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,066 2011 US$ | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 2,158 2011 US$ | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 2,255 2011 US$ | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 2,381 2011 US$ | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 2,357 2011 US$ | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 2,405 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 2,580 2011 US$ | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 2,712 2011 US$ | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 2,765 2011 US$ | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,854 2011 US$ | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,942 2011 US$ | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 3,046 2011 US$ | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 3,169 2011 US$ | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 3,250 2011 US$ | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 3,377 2011 US$ | +3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1,123 2011 US$ | 1,009 2011 US$ | 1,229 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1960s | 1,228 2011 US$ | 1,093 2011 US$ | 1,404 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1970s | 1,548 2011 US$ | 1,458 2011 US$ | 1,656 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,668 2011 US$ | 1,594 2011 US$ | 1,761 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,801 2011 US$ | 1,698 2011 US$ | 1,921 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,147 2011 US$ | 1,915 2011 US$ | 2,405 2011 US$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,966 2011 US$ | 2,580 2011 US$ | 3,377 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 Kenya?
- History’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale in Kenya was 3,377 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 3,377 2011 US$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,009 2011 US$ in 1953.
- How does Kenya rank for history’s hockey stick: real gross domestic product per capita using the ratio scale?
- Kenya ranks 116th 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 Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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]