El Salvador vs Malaysia: Gross domestic product (GDP), per square kilometre (Bolt)

El Salvador
2.86 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre
in 2022
Malaysia
2.67 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre
in 2022
El Salvador rank
45th
Malaysia rank
46th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 2.86 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre against 2.67 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre in Malaysia, a difference of 189,480 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

Across all 62 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 45th and Malaysia ranks 46th of 164 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malaysia Difference Ahead
1960s 483,289 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 83,951 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 399,338 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 767,405 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 161,756 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 605,649 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 770,269 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 312,033 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 458,236 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 1.15 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 667,103 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 480,873 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 1.81 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 1.20 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 616,072 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 2.41 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 2.05 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 367,249 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 2.72 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 2.50 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre 214,767 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Malaysia?
El Salvador, at 2.86 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre against 2.67 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre in Malaysia as of 2022.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Malaysia?
189,480 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malaysia?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Malaysia rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 45th and Malaysia ranks 46th of 164 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 2011 prices per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
164 places, 9,284 data points, 1961–2022
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.