Laos vs Papua New Guinea: Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre

Laos
0.065 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0685 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Laos rank
171st
Papua New Guinea rank
169th

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

  • Laos
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0685 million USD per square kilometre against 0.065 million USD per square kilometre in Laos, a difference of 0.0035 million USD per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Laos ranks 171st and Papua New Guinea ranks 169th of 194 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0009 million USD per square kilometre 0.0051 million USD per square kilometre 0.0043 million USD per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 0.0025 million USD per square kilometre 0.0097 million USD per square kilometre 0.0072 million USD per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 0.0064 million USD per square kilometre 0.0147 million USD per square kilometre 0.0083 million USD per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s 0.0144 million USD per square kilometre 0.0166 million USD per square kilometre 0.0022 million USD per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 0.0589 million USD per square kilometre 0.0468 million USD per square kilometre 0.0121 million USD per square kilometre Laos
2020s 0.0743 million USD per square kilometre 0.0622 million USD per square kilometre 0.0121 million USD per square kilometre Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre, Laos or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 0.0685 million USD per square kilometre against 0.065 million USD per square kilometre in Laos as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre between Laos and Papua New Guinea?
0.0035 million USD per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Papua New Guinea?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Laos and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre?
Laos ranks 171st and Papua New Guinea ranks 169th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 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$ 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.