Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015)

Costa Rica
910,664 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
1.08 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
50th
El Salvador rank
47th

Households and NPISHs Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.08 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 910,664 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 169,846 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre.

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

Across all 59 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Costa Rica ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 47th of 170 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 113,306 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 362,539 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 249,233 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 166,213 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 495,267 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 329,054 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 204,594 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 421,454 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 216,860 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 305,179 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 657,719 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 352,540 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 440,770 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 822,294 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 381,524 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 702,248 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 949,509 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 247,260 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 850,102 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 1.02 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre 173,284 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher households and npishs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015), Costa Rica or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 1.08 million constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre against 910,664 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in households and npishs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015) between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
169,846 constant 2015 US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for households and npishs final consumption expenditure (constant 2015)?
Costa Rica ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 47th of 170 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Households and NPISHs Final consumption 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
Households and NPISHs Final consumption 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
212 places, 8,377 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Households and NPISHs Final consumption 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.