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

El Salvador
3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
3.23 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
57th
Thailand rank
60th

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

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

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 3.23 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Thailand, a difference of 192,210 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Thailand'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 Thailand ranks 60th 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 Thailand Difference Ahead
1960s 398,037 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 108,592 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 289,445 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 625,652 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 271,430 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 354,222 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 718,835 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 494,786 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 224,050 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 1.09 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 991,470 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 97,715 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 1.79 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 1.44 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 342,357 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 2.58 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 2.45 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 124,399 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 3.21 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 2.93 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre 280,530 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 Thailand?
El Salvador, at 3.42 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre against 3.23 million international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre in Thailand as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Thailand?
192,210 international-$ in 2021 prices per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Thailand?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Thailand rank globally for gross domestic product (gdp), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 57th and Thailand ranks 60th 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.