Costa Rica vs Norway: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
162,784 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Norway
145,487 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
47th
Norway rank
50th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Norway
050.0k100.0k150.0k197519992023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 162,784 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 145,487 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Norway, a difference of 17,297 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Norway's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Norway ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 47th and Norway ranks 50th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Norway in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Norway Difference Ahead
1970s 2,421 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,913 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 2,493 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
1980s 6,979 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 10,601 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,622 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
1990s 10,551 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 17,765 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 7,214 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
2000s 20,830 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 62,038 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 41,208 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
2010s 52,523 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 85,441 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 32,917 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Norway
2020s 109,576 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 108,552 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 1,023 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Norway?
Costa Rica, at 162,784 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 145,487 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Norway as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Norway?
17,297 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 47th and Norway ranks 50th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.