Kiribati vs Sri Lanka: Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre

Kiribati
161,212 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
152,595 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kiribati rank
58th
Sri Lanka rank
59th

Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre over time

  • Kiribati
  • Sri Lanka
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k200620142023

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 161,212 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 152,595 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, a difference of 8,617 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 58th and Sri Lanka ranks 59th of 166 countries.

Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2010s 152,413 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 138,393 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 14,020 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre Kiribati
2020s 159,925 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 159,226 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 698.75 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre Kiribati

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher government spending vs. gdp, per square kilometre, Kiribati or Sri Lanka?
Kiribati, at 161,212 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 152,595 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in government spending vs. gdp, per square kilometre between Kiribati and Sri Lanka?
8,617 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Sri Lanka?
9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
How do Kiribati and Sri Lanka rank globally for government spending vs. gdp, per square kilometre?
Kiribati ranks 58th and Sri Lanka ranks 59th of 166 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre. 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

Kiribati vs Sri Lanka: Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 28 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/government-spending-vs-gdp-per-square-kilometre/kiribati/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/government-spending-vs-gdp-per-square-kilometre/kiribati/sri-lanka/">Kiribati vs Sri Lanka: Government spending vs. GDP, per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Government spending vs. GDP, 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
166 places, 6,600 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Government spending vs. GDP 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.