Costa Rica vs Laos: Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices
Costa Rica
765.36 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
Laos
757.27 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
8th
Laos rank
10th
Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices over time
- Costa Rica
- Laos
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 765.36 million SLC per square kilometre against 757.27 million SLC per square kilometre in Laos, a difference of 8.09 million SLC per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 8th and Laos ranks 10th of 194 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Laos in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 120.64 million SLC per square kilometre | 44.91 million SLC per square kilometre | 75.73 million SLC per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 161.91 million SLC per square kilometre | 72.76 million SLC per square kilometre | 89.15 million SLC per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 249.48 million SLC per square kilometre | 126.08 million SLC per square kilometre | 123.41 million SLC per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 390.05 million SLC per square kilometre | 236.13 million SLC per square kilometre | 153.91 million SLC per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 584.08 million SLC per square kilometre | 494.95 million SLC per square kilometre | 89.13 million SLC per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 708.8 million SLC per square kilometre | 713.11 million SLC per square kilometre | 4.31 million SLC per square kilometre | Laos |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices, Costa Rica or Laos?
- Costa Rica, at 765.36 million SLC per square kilometre against 757.27 million SLC per square kilometre in Laos as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices between Costa Rica and Laos?
- 8.09 million SLC per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Laos?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Laos rank globally for gross domestic product — value standard local currency, 2015 prices?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th and Laos ranks 10th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, 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 — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices 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.