Guyana vs Papua New Guinea: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre

Guyana
5,559 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2005
Papua New Guinea
7,523 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2004
Guyana rank
182nd
Papua New Guinea rank
181st

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

  • Guyana
  • Papua New Guinea
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k196119832005

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 7,523 current US$ per square kilometre against 5,559 current US$ per square kilometre in Guyana, a difference of 1,964 current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.4 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guyana ahead.

Guyana ranks 182nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 183 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 1,057 current US$ per square kilometre 971.21 current US$ per square kilometre 85.6 current US$ per square kilometre Guyana
1970s 2,177 current US$ per square kilometre 3,176 current US$ per square kilometre 999.69 current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s 2,685 current US$ per square kilometre 6,947 current US$ per square kilometre 4,262 current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s 3,197 current US$ per square kilometre 9,051 current US$ per square kilometre 5,854 current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s 4,187 current US$ per square kilometre 6,587 current US$ per square kilometre 2,400 current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre, Guyana or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 7,523 current US$ per square kilometre against 5,559 current US$ per square kilometre in Guyana as of 2004.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre between Guyana and Papua New Guinea?
1,964 current US$ per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Papua New Guinea?
44 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2004.
How do Guyana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre?
Guyana ranks 182nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 181st of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), 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 (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
226 places, 10,214 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Gross national expenditure (current 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.