Costa Rica vs Panama: Gross domestic product (GDP), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
2.64 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
Panama
2.16 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
71st
Panama rank
73rd

Gross domestic product (GDP), per square kilometre over time

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

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.64 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 2.16 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Panama, a difference of 481,370 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre.

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

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

Costa Rica ranks 71st and Panama ranks 73rd of 198 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Panama Difference Ahead
1990s 848,612 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 447,516 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 401,097 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 1.32 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 772,075 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 552,438 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 1.99 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 1.55 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 440,098 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 2.44 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 1.88 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 552,642 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Panama?
Costa Rica, at 2.64 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 2.16 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Panama?
481,370 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Panama ranks 73rd of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross domestic product (GDP), 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), per square kilometre
Unit
international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
198 places, 6,456 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Gross domestic product (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.