Japan vs Switzerland: Gross domestic product (GDP), per square kilometre (Bolt)
Gross domestic product (GDP), per square kilometre (Bolt) over time
- Japan
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 14.16 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre against 13.10 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 1.06 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Japan ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 10th of 164 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Switzerland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.71 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 2.95 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 240,483 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 5.49 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 4.07 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 1.42 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 8.03 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 4.93 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 3.09 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 10.87 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 6.54 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 4.33 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 12.00 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 9.39 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 2.60 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 12.81 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 12.57 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 244,560 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2020s | 12.92 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 13.78 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | 861,333 international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre, Japan or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 14.16 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre against 13.10 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre between Japan and Switzerland?
- 1.06 million international-$ in 2011 prices per square kilometre, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Switzerland?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Switzerland rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 13th and Switzerland ranks 10th 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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About this data
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.