Hungary vs Portugal: Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution

Hungary
25,623 2011$
in 2018
Portugal
27,036 2011$
in 2018
Hungary rank
43rd
Portugal rank
41st

Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution over time

  • Hungary
  • Portugal
010.0k20.0k30.0k153017742018

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 27,036 2011$ against 25,623 2011$ in Hungary, a difference of 1,413 2011$.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Hungary's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 98 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Hungary ahead.

Hungary ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 41st of 145 countries.

Across the 14 decades both report, Hungary averaged higher in 9 and Portugal in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hungary Portugal Difference Ahead
1870s 1,741 2011$ 1,554 2011$ 187 2011$ Hungary
1890s 2,348 2011$ 1,798 2011$ 550 2011$ Hungary
1900s 2,681 2011$ 2,075 2011$ 606 2011$ Hungary
1910s 3,266 2011$ 1,974 2011$ 1,292 2011$ Hungary
1920s 3,459 2011$ 2,328 2011$ 1,131 2011$ Hungary
1930s 3,942 2011$ 2,679 2011$ 1,263 2011$ Hungary
1940s 3,653 2011$ 2,999 2011$ 654 2011$ Hungary
1950s 4,713 2011$ 3,869 2011$ 844.7 2011$ Hungary
1960s 7,002 2011$ 6,236 2011$ 766 2011$ Hungary
1970s 9,108 2011$ 10,740 2011$ 1,632 2011$ Portugal
1980s 10,597 2011$ 13,892 2011$ 3,296 2011$ Portugal
1990s 10,319 2011$ 19,553 2011$ 9,234 2011$ Portugal
2000s 17,179 2011$ 24,400 2011$ 7,221 2011$ Portugal
2010s 22,307 2011$ 25,212 2011$ 2,906 2011$ Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher divergence of gdp per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution, Hungary or Portugal?
Portugal, at 27,036 2011$ against 25,623 2011$ in Hungary as of 2018.
What is the difference in divergence of gdp per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution between Hungary and Portugal?
1,413 2011$, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hungary and Portugal?
98 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2018.
How do Hungary and Portugal rank globally for divergence of gdp per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution?
Hungary ranks 43rd and Portugal ranks 41st of 145 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hungary vs Portugal: Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution. Statizoid, drawing on Maddison Project Database (2018) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/divergence-of-gdp-per-capita-among-latecomers-to-the-capitalist-revolution-18002016/hungary/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/divergence-of-gdp-per-capita-among-latecomers-to-the-capitalist-revolution-18002016/hungary/portugal/">Hungary vs Portugal: Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Divergence of GDP per capita among latecomers to the capitalist revolution
Unit
2011$
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
Last refreshed

Unit 1 'The capitalist revolution: prosperity, inequality, and planetary limits’ in The CORE Team, The Economy 2.0 Microeconomics. Available at: https://tinyco.re/4329598 [Figure 1.19]