El Salvador vs New Zealand: Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre

El Salvador
1.98 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand
1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
137th
New Zealand rank
140th

Gross national expenditure (current LCU), per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • New Zealand
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.98 million current LCU per square kilometre against 1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre in New Zealand, a difference of 353,210 current LCU per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1970 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 137th and New Zealand ranks 140th of 183 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador New Zealand Difference Ahead
1970s 101,233 current LCU per square kilometre 46,581 current LCU per square kilometre 54,652 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 192,903 current LCU per square kilometre 183,320 current LCU per square kilometre 9,582 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 444,932 current LCU per square kilometre 345,246 current LCU per square kilometre 99,685 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 849,954 current LCU per square kilometre 597,185 current LCU per square kilometre 252,769 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 1.31 million current LCU per square kilometre 962,694 current LCU per square kilometre 352,181 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 1.76 million current LCU per square kilometre 1.47 million current LCU per square kilometre 292,685 current LCU per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre, El Salvador or New Zealand?
El Salvador, at 1.98 million current LCU per square kilometre against 1.63 million current LCU per square kilometre in New Zealand as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre between El Salvador and New Zealand?
353,210 current LCU per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and New Zealand?
54 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and New Zealand rank globally for gross national expenditure (current lcu), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 137th and New Zealand ranks 140th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current LCU), 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 (current LCU), per square kilometre
Unit
current LCU per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
183 places, 8,010 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current LCU) 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.