Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
1.43 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica
1.4 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
60th
Jamaica rank
63rd
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.43 million USD per square kilometre against 1.4 million USD per square kilometre in Jamaica, a difference of 0.03 million USD per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 60th and Jamaica ranks 63rd of 194 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2257 million USD per square kilometre | 0.9245 million USD per square kilometre | 0.6988 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.3029 million USD per square kilometre | 0.8703 million USD per square kilometre | 0.5674 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.4667 million USD per square kilometre | 1.16 million USD per square kilometre | 0.6954 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.7297 million USD per square kilometre | 1.28 million USD per square kilometre | 0.5539 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.09 million USD per square kilometre | 1.32 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2229 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 1.33 million USD per square kilometre | 1.33 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0005 million USD per square kilometre | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Costa Rica, at 1.43 million USD per square kilometre against 1.4 million USD per square kilometre in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 0.03 million USD per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 60th and Jamaica ranks 63rd of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 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 US$, 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.