El Salvador vs Panama: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

El Salvador
124,722 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Panama
107,747 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
55th
Panama rank
56th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k197619992023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 124,722 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 107,747 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Panama, a difference of 16,975 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Panama ahead.

El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 56th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Panama in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
1970s 4,579 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 13,126 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 8,547 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Panama
1980s 6,563 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 48,451 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 41,889 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Panama
1990s 9,057 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 23,159 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 14,102 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Panama
2000s 27,891 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 31,512 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,621 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Panama
2010s 57,253 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 72,360 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 15,107 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Panama
2020s 99,946 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 73,934 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 26,012 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Panama?
El Salvador, at 124,722 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 107,747 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Panama?
16,975 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 56th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.