Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
1.37 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
1.58 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
48th
El Salvador rank
45th

Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.58 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 1.37 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 215,690 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 48th and El Salvador ranks 45th of 160 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1990s 490,693 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 897,769 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 407,075 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 723,876 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.15 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 427,835 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 1.09 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.32 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 228,094 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 1.29 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.50 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 217,890 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 1.58 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 1.37 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
215,690 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for gross national expenditure (constant 2015 us$), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 48th and El Salvador ranks 45th of 160 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 US$), per square kilometre
Unit
constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
201 places, 7,891 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (constant 2015 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.