Samoa vs South Africa: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre

Samoa
0.3163 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
0.2989 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa rank
115th
South Africa rank
117th

Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre over time

  • Samoa
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 0.3163 million USD per square kilometre against 0.2989 million USD per square kilometre in South Africa, a difference of 0.0174 million USD per square kilometre.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 115th and South Africa ranks 117th of 194 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa South Africa Difference Ahead
1970s 0.136 million USD per square kilometre 0.1009 million USD per square kilometre 0.0351 million USD per square kilometre Samoa
1980s 0.1467 million USD per square kilometre 0.1303 million USD per square kilometre 0.0164 million USD per square kilometre Samoa
1990s 0.1601 million USD per square kilometre 0.1574 million USD per square kilometre 0.0027 million USD per square kilometre Samoa
2000s 0.2389 million USD per square kilometre 0.2175 million USD per square kilometre 0.0215 million USD per square kilometre Samoa
2010s 0.2891 million USD per square kilometre 0.2808 million USD per square kilometre 0.0083 million USD per square kilometre Samoa
2020s 0.2961 million USD per square kilometre 0.2915 million USD per square kilometre 0.0045 million USD per square kilometre Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre, Samoa or South Africa?
Samoa, at 0.3163 million USD per square kilometre against 0.2989 million USD per square kilometre in South Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre between Samoa and South Africa?
0.0174 million USD per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and South Africa?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Samoa and South Africa rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre?
Samoa ranks 115th and South Africa ranks 117th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 2015 prices, per square kilometre
Unit
million USD per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
195 places, 9,641 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

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.