Rwanda vs South Africa: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Rwanda
13,302 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
South Africa
13,995 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Rwanda rank
118th
South Africa rank
116th

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

  • Rwanda
  • South Africa
05.0k10.0k15.0k196119922023

How they compare

South Africa currently reports 13,995 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 13,302 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Rwanda, a difference of 693 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2010 it was South Africa ahead.

Rwanda ranks 118th and South Africa ranks 116th of 198 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Rwanda South Africa Difference Ahead
2010s 8,649 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 13,484 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,835 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Africa
2020s 10,482 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 14,430 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,948 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Rwanda or South Africa?
South Africa, at 13,995 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 13,302 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Rwanda as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Rwanda and South Africa?
693 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with South Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and South Africa?
14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
How do Rwanda and South Africa rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Rwanda ranks 118th and South Africa ranks 116th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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

Rwanda vs South Africa: 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/rwanda/south-africa/

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/rwanda/south-africa/">Rwanda vs South Africa: 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.