Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
1.69 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
1.64 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
60th
El Salvador rank
61st
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 1.69 million USD per square kilometre against 1.64 million USD per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.05 million USD per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 60th and El Salvador ranks 61st of 194 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0538 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0855 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0317 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.0989 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1994 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1005 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.2094 million USD per square kilometre | 0.3919 million USD per square kilometre | 0.1825 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.4204 million USD per square kilometre | 0.7095 million USD per square kilometre | 0.2891 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.04 million USD per square kilometre | 1.11 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0667 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.39 million USD per square kilometre | 1.45 million USD per square kilometre | 0.0614 million USD per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 1.69 million USD per square kilometre against 1.64 million USD per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.05 million USD per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 60th and El Salvador ranks 61st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 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$ 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.