Costa Rica vs Japan: Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square

Costa Rica
0.7105 units per square kilometre
in 2019
Japan
1.52 units per square kilometre
in 2019
Costa Rica rank
12th
Japan rank
9th

Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices … Current square over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.52 units per square kilometre against 0.7105 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.8095 units per square kilometre.

That makes Japan's figure about 2.1 times Costa Rica's.

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

Costa Rica ranks 12th and Japan ranks 9th of 192 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0001 units per square kilometre 0.1028 units per square kilometre 0.1027 units per square kilometre Japan
1970s 0.0004 units per square kilometre 0.4021 units per square kilometre 0.4017 units per square kilometre Japan
1980s 0.005 units per square kilometre 0.8933 units per square kilometre 0.8883 units per square kilometre Japan
1990s 0.0404 units per square kilometre 1.38 units per square kilometre 1.34 units per square kilometre Japan
2000s 0.1944 units per square kilometre 1.43 units per square kilometre 1.23 units per square kilometre Japan
2010s 0.5508 units per square kilometre 1.43 units per square kilometre 0.8805 units per square kilometre Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per, Costa Rica or Japan?
Japan, at 1.52 units per square kilometre against 0.7105 units per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2019.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per between Costa Rica and Japan?
0.8095 units per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Japan?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Costa Rica and Japan rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), current prices, domestic currency, per?
Costa Rica ranks 12th and Japan ranks 9th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 9,776 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product (GDP), Current prices, Domestic currency 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.