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

Lesotho
0.0698 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0685 million USD per square kilometre
in 2023
Lesotho rank
168th
Papua New Guinea rank
169th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.0698 million USD per square kilometre against 0.0685 million USD per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0013 million USD per square kilometre.

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

Lesotho ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 169th of 194 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0055 million USD per square kilometre 0.0051 million USD per square kilometre 0.0004 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho
1980s 0.013 million USD per square kilometre 0.0097 million USD per square kilometre 0.0033 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho
1990s 0.0266 million USD per square kilometre 0.0147 million USD per square kilometre 0.0119 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho
2000s 0.0421 million USD per square kilometre 0.0166 million USD per square kilometre 0.0256 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho
2010s 0.0785 million USD per square kilometre 0.0468 million USD per square kilometre 0.0316 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho
2020s 0.0736 million USD per square kilometre 0.0622 million USD per square kilometre 0.0115 million USD per square kilometre Lesotho

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre, Lesotho or Papua New Guinea?
Lesotho, at 0.0698 million USD per square kilometre against 0.0685 million USD per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre between Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
0.0013 million USD per square kilometre, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Papua New Guinea?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gross domestic product — value us$, per square kilometre?
Lesotho ranks 168th and Papua New Guinea ranks 169th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross Domestic Product — Value US$, 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.