Costa Rica vs Guatemala: GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
2.69 million current international $ per square kilometre
in 2023
Guatemala
2.28 million current international $ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
71st
Guatemala rank
74th

GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Guatemala
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M199020062023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.69 million current international $ per square kilometre against 2.28 million current international $ per square kilometre in Guatemala, a difference of 407,790 current international $ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Guatemala's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 71st and Guatemala ranks 74th of 200 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Guatemala Difference Ahead
1990s 426,390 current international $ per square kilometre 373,650 current international $ per square kilometre 52,739 current international $ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 804,233 current international $ per square kilometre 660,282 current international $ per square kilometre 143,950 current international $ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 1.58 million current international $ per square kilometre 1.24 million current international $ per square kilometre 339,838 current international $ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 2.37 million current international $ per square kilometre 2.01 million current international $ per square kilometre 360,545 current international $ per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Guatemala?
Costa Rica, at 2.69 million current international $ per square kilometre against 2.28 million current international $ per square kilometre in Guatemala as of 2023.
What is the difference in gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Guatemala?
407,790 current international $ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guatemala?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Guatemala rank globally for gni, ppp (current international $), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Guatemala ranks 74th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
GNI, PPP (current international $), per square kilometre
Unit
current international $ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
247 places, 7,887 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

GNI, PPP (current international $) 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.