Sri Lanka vs Thailand: Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre

Sri Lanka
48,612 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
56,374 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka rank
79th
Thailand rank
76th

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

  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
020.0k40.0k60.0k197519992023

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 56,374 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 48,612 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, a difference of 7,762 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 79th and Thailand ranks 76th of 198 countries.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sri Lanka Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 533.42 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 676.08 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 142.66 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
1980s 2,874 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 3,209 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 335.23 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
1990s 5,151 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 9,941 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 4,789 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2000s 8,837 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 20,063 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 11,226 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2010s 31,511 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 52,272 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 20,761 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2020s 38,888 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 54,899 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 16,011 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre, Sri Lanka or Thailand?
Thailand, at 56,374 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 48,612 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
What is the difference in primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre between Sri Lanka and Thailand?
7,762 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Thailand?
49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2023.
How do Sri Lanka and Thailand rank globally for primary income payments (bop, current us$), per square kilometre?
Sri Lanka ranks 79th and Thailand ranks 76th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Primary income payments (BoP, current US$), 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.