Benin vs Laos: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Benin
4,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Laos
5,186 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Benin rank
150th
Laos rank
147th

Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Benin
  • Laos
02.0k4.0k6.0k197419982023

How they compare

Laos currently reports 5,186 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Benin, a difference of 456 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Laos's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 150th and Laos ranks 147th of 198 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Benin Laos Difference Ahead
1980s 331.29 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 10.11 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 321.18 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Benin
1990s 333.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 75.39 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 258.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Benin
2000s 492.88 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 294.56 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 198.31 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Benin
2010s 1,455 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,919 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 463.85 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Laos
2020s 3,986 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 5,584 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,598 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Benin or Laos?
Laos, at 5,186 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 4,730 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Benin as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Benin and Laos?
456 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Laos?
40 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2023.
How do Benin and Laos rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Benin ranks 150th and Laos ranks 147th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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

Benin vs Laos: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 19 September 2026, from https://economy.statizoid.com/compare/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/benin/lao-pdr/

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/primary-income-payments-bop-current-us-per-square-kilometre/benin/lao-pdr/">Benin vs Laos: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
245 places, 9,137 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Primary income payments (BoP, 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.