Lesotho vs Vanuatu: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre

Lesotho
108,597 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Vanuatu
118,253 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Lesotho rank
141st
Vanuatu rank
138th

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

  • Lesotho
  • Vanuatu
050.0k100.0k150.0k196119922023

How they compare

Vanuatu currently reports 118,253 current US$ per square kilometre against 108,597 current US$ per square kilometre in Lesotho, a difference of 9,656 current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 141st and Vanuatu ranks 138th of 183 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 2 and Vanuatu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Vanuatu Difference Ahead
2000s 91,781 current US$ per square kilometre 53,552 current US$ per square kilometre 38,229 current US$ per square kilometre Lesotho
2010s 119,835 current US$ per square kilometre 81,968 current US$ per square kilometre 37,867 current US$ per square kilometre Lesotho
2020s 111,030 current US$ per square kilometre 123,751 current US$ per square kilometre 12,721 current US$ per square kilometre Vanuatu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre, Lesotho or Vanuatu?
Vanuatu, at 118,253 current US$ per square kilometre against 108,597 current US$ per square kilometre in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre between Lesotho and Vanuatu?
9,656 current US$ per square kilometre, with Vanuatu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Vanuatu?
17 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Vanuatu rank globally for gross national expenditure (current us$), per square kilometre?
Lesotho ranks 141st and Vanuatu ranks 138th of 183 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs Vanuatu: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gross-national-expenditure-current-us-per-square-kilometre/lesotho/vanuatu/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/gross-national-expenditure-current-us-per-square-kilometre/lesotho/vanuatu/">Lesotho vs Vanuatu: Gross national expenditure (current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.