Japan vs Qatar: General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per

Japan
2.42 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Qatar
2.64 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2022
Japan rank
20th
Qatar rank
19th

General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per over time

  • Japan
  • Qatar
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How they compare

Qatar currently reports 2.64 million current US$ per square kilometre against 2.42 million current US$ per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 224,700 current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 20th and Qatar ranks 19th of 184 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Qatar Difference Ahead
1980s 704,598 current US$ per square kilometre 194,955 current US$ per square kilometre 509,642 current US$ per square kilometre Japan
1990s 1.78 million current US$ per square kilometre 240,258 current US$ per square kilometre 1.54 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2000s 2.30 million current US$ per square kilometre 602,942 current US$ per square kilometre 1.70 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2010s 2.86 million current US$ per square kilometre 2.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 488,523 current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2020s 2.79 million current US$ per square kilometre 2.67 million current US$ per square kilometre 125,113 current US$ per square kilometre Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per, Japan or Qatar?
Qatar, at 2.64 million current US$ per square kilometre against 2.42 million current US$ per square kilometre in Japan as of 2022.
What is the difference in general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per between Japan and Qatar?
224,700 current US$ per square kilometre, with Qatar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Qatar?
43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Japan and Qatar rank globally for general government final consumption expenditure (current us$), per?
Japan ranks 20th and Qatar ranks 19th of 184 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
General government final consumption expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
227 places, 10,408 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

General government final consumption expenditure (current 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.