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

El Salvador
3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
Malaysia
3.25 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
57th
Malaysia rank
59th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 3.25 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Malaysia, a difference of 174,730 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 57th and Malaysia ranks 59th of 181 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 398,037 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 109,535 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 288,502 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 625,652 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 231,152 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 394,500 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 718,835 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 414,758 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 304,077 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 1.09 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 805,764 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 283,422 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 1.79 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 1.39 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 392,951 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 2.58 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 2.48 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 98,935 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 3.21 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 3.00 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 209,200 international-$ in 2021 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 3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 3.25 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Malaysia?
174,730 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malaysia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Malaysia rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 57th and Malaysia ranks 59th of 181 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
181 places, 9,758 data points, 1961–2023
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.