Nigeria vs Papua New Guinea: Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$), per

Nigeria
444.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
461.2 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Nigeria rank
165th
Papua New Guinea rank
164th

Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$), per over time

  • Nigeria
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 461.2 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 444.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Nigeria, a difference of 16.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre.

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

Nigeria ranks 165th and Papua New Guinea ranks 164th of 196 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Nigeria Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s 295.7 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 163.83 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 131.86 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria
1980s 271.13 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 229.81 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 41.32 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria
1990s 12.83 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 318.81 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 305.97 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s 116.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 254.57 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 138.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 748.3 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 555.28 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 193.02 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria
2020s 644.45 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 423.34 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre 221.12 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher secondary income, other sectors, payments (bop, current us$), per, Nigeria or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 461.2 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre against 444.76 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in secondary income, other sectors, payments (bop, current us$), per between Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
16.44 BoP, current US$ per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Papua New Guinea?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Nigeria and Papua New Guinea rank globally for secondary income, other sectors, payments (bop, current us$), per?
Nigeria ranks 165th and Papua New Guinea ranks 164th of 196 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Secondary income, other sectors, payments (BoP, current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Secondary income, other sectors, 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
243 places, 8,276 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Secondary income, other sectors, 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.