Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square

Costa Rica
1.13 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
1.30 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
49th
El Salvador rank
46th

Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.30 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 1.13 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 176,770 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 59 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 49th and El Salvador ranks 46th of 169 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 151,198 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 418,857 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 267,659 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 227,278 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 585,271 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 357,993 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 282,049 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 529,792 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 247,743 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 407,395 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 758,080 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 350,686 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 575,950 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 961,492 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 385,541 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 887,061 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.13 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 243,911 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 1.06 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.24 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 179,590 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 1.30 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 1.13 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
176,770 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square?
Costa Rica ranks 49th and El Salvador ranks 46th of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
211 places, 8,516 data points, 1961–2023
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Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.