Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per square kilometre by country

Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (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.

Countries reporting
204
Highest
4.80 billion current US$ per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 current US$ per square kilometre
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Median
556,163 current US$ per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,300

What the numbers show

Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per square kilometre is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 4.80 billion current US$ per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 current US$ per square kilometre in Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of.

The median across all reporting countries is 556,163 current US$ per square kilometre, and the mean is 39.52 million current US$ per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 172 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 298.1%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 78.9%).

Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per square: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Monaco 4.80 billion current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 48.4% rising
2 Macao 1.33 billion current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 21.7% volatile
3 Singapore 675.81 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 64.8% volatile
4 Hong Kong 354.50 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.6% rising
5 Bermuda 153.41 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 33.9% rising
6 Malta 65.64 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 119.5% volatile
7 Bahrain 55.22 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.9% rising
8 Liechtenstein 49.80 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% rising
9 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 37.36 million current US$ per square kilometre 2021 up 49.4% rising
10 Luxembourg 31.48 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 38.6% rising
11 San Marino 31.31 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 44.9% rising
12 Netherlands 30.34 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.6% volatile
13 Cayman Islands 28.74 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 65.7% rising
14 Switzerland 22.92 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 30.2% rising
15 Israel 21.82 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 76.5% volatile
16 Belgium 19.34 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.1% rising
17 Maldives 18.99 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 94.2% rising
18 Qatar 18.45 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% volatile
19 Aruba 18.14 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 31.6% rising
20 Republic of Korea 17.55 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 29.4% volatile
21 Barbados 15.02 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.3% volatile
22 Puerto Rico 13.31 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% volatile
23 Isle of Man 13.25 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% rising
24 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.83 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 24.3% volatile
25 Japan 11.94 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.9% volatile
26 Germany 11.93 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% volatile
27 Kuwait 9.94 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.5% volatile
28 Denmark 8.96 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 20.1% volatile
29 Ireland 7.84 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 140.4% volatile
30 United Arab Emirates 7.36 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.6% volatile
31 Andorra 7.35 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% rising
32 Italy 7.04 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% volatile
33 Curacao 6.30 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% falling
34 Mauritius 6.11 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
35 Austria 5.63 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.6% volatile
36 France 5.09 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.1% volatile
37 Trinidad and Tobago 4.67 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 13.0% volatile
38 Antigua and Barbuda 4.21 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
39 Czechia 4.11 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 66.0% volatile
40 Seychelles 4.00 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 65.2% volatile
41 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.54 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 21.5% volatile
42 Saint Lucia 3.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 45.4% rising
43 Cyprus 3.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.1% rising
44 Bangladesh 3.25 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 196.7% volatile
45 Grenada 3.23 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 49.9% volatile
46 Slovenia 3.06 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 49.8% rising
47 Spain 2.96 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.8% volatile
48 Brunei Darussalam 2.91 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.7% rising
49 Portugal 2.78 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.0% volatile
50 Faroe Islands 2.57 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 50.0% rising
51 Slovakia 2.54 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.0% volatile
52 Palestine, State of 2.49 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.3% volatile
53 United States 2.46 million current US$ per square kilometre 2021 up 49.4% volatile
54 Poland 2.40 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.8% rising
55 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.35 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 37.4% volatile
56 Dominican Republic 2.33 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 92.4% volatile
57 Hungary 2.02 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.6% rising
58 Jamaica 1.67 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 49.4% volatile
59 Greece 1.64 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% volatile
60 Costa Rica 1.58 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 73.0% volatile
61 Philippines 1.47 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 53.9% volatile
62 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.44 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 82.8% rising
63 El Salvador 1.43 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% volatile
64 Marshall Islands 1.41 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.7% rising
65 French Polynesia 1.39 million current US$ per square kilometre 2020 down 9.0% falling
66 Romania 1.38 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 89.8% volatile
67 Bahamas 1.35 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.3% volatile
68 Türkiye 1.32 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 20.2% volatile
69 Croatia 1.28 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.7% rising
70 Sri Lanka 1.27 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 11.4% rising
71 Sweden 1.27 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% volatile
72 Viet Nam 1.27 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 103.6% rising
73 Norway 1.26 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.1% volatile
74 Malaysia 1.20 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.6% volatile
75 Lithuania 1.16 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 73.9% volatile
76 Panama 1.10 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 81.2% volatile
77 India 1.07 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 85.6% volatile
78 Cuba 1.03 million current US$ per square kilometre 2020 up 85.4% volatile
79 Thailand 1.01 million current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.0% volatile
80 Guatemala 908,977 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 95.2% volatile
81 Tuvalu 901,820 current US$ per square kilometre 2015 up 37.3% rising
82 New Zealand 892,621 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.1% volatile
83 Lebanon 891,726 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 78.9% volatile
84 Mexico 867,630 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.0% volatile
85 Estonia 855,968 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 67.2% volatile
86 Finland 850,618 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% volatile
87 Serbia 825,617 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 67.9% rising
88 Bulgaria 825,257 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 86.2% volatile
89 Azerbaijan 795,407 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% volatile
90 Armenia 765,676 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 120.5% rising
91 Albania 746,748 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 83.7% volatile
92 Comoros 746,668 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 30.4% volatile
93 Dominica 731,215 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% volatile
94 Indonesia 692,802 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.2% rising
95 Haiti 688,487 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 32.5% volatile
96 Tonga 688,129 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 25.8% volatile
97 Sao Tome and Principe 665,451 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 163.6% rising
98 Iraq 619,356 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.6% volatile
99 Micronesia (country) 607,829 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 47.9% rising
100 Latvia 604,456 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 47.3% volatile
101 Rwanda 569,846 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 97.6% volatile
102 Jordan 564,324 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 49.5% volatile
103 North Macedonia 548,002 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 46.8% rising
104 Saudi Arabia 537,491 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 51.2% volatile
105 Nigeria 527,447 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 6.6% volatile
106 Cape Verde 526,506 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.2% rising
107 Palau 518,578 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.5% rising
108 New Caledonia 462,933 current US$ per square kilometre 2019 up 8.6% rising
109 Ecuador 458,033 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.9% volatile
110 Montenegro 457,358 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 69.9% rising
111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 454,230 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.7% volatile
112 Equatorial Guinea 442,881 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 43.3% falling
113 Republic of Moldova 437,911 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 76.4% volatile
114 Pakistan 415,419 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.3% volatile
115 Chile 406,198 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 20.8% volatile
116 Uruguay 401,187 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.6% volatile
117 Georgia 385,117 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 71.6% volatile
118 Egypt 377,784 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.0% volatile
119 Kiribati 367,670 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.0% volatile
120 Oman 345,105 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% volatile
121 Ghana 331,072 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% volatile
122 Samoa 316,544 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 28.9% rising
123 Belarus 313,324 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 4.5% volatile
124 Colombia 298,471 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% volatile
125 Tunisia 296,817 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% volatile
126 Morocco 295,046 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 23.5% volatile
127 South Africa 282,427 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 5.6% volatile
128 Iceland 281,670 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 93.6% volatile
129 Honduras 276,431 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 79.9% volatile
130 Ukraine 274,774 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 4.8% volatile
131 Iran 273,959 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% volatile
132 Fiji 258,797 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.4% volatile
133 Nepal 253,832 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 80.1% volatile
134 Eswatini 249,951 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% volatile
135 Côte d'Ivoire 234,000 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 75.4% rising
136 Canada 233,197 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 20.9% volatile
137 Uzbekistan 232,708 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.1% volatile
138 Brazil 228,983 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% volatile
139 Cambodia 224,840 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 113.6% volatile
140 Uganda 224,619 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 62.2% volatile
141 Gambia 220,066 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 73.6% rising
142 Australia 211,338 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% volatile
143 Argentina 199,863 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 18.0% volatile
144 Peru 193,566 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 35.3% volatile
145 Kenya 170,067 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 72.5% volatile
146 Togo 162,359 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 58.2% volatile
147 Djibouti 158,174 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 92.5% rising
148 Benin 157,767 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.6% volatile
149 Senegal 143,312 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 60.8% volatile
150 Timor-Leste 142,726 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 47.8% volatile
151 Malawi 132,231 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 65.6% volatile
152 Nicaragua 131,728 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.9% rising
153 Syria 128,643 current US$ per square kilometre 2022 down 45.3% volatile
154 Burundi 121,599 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 41.6% volatile
155 Ethiopia 115,995 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 199.1% volatile
156 Russian Federation 114,024 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% volatile
157 Belize 113,313 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 44.2% volatile
158 Myanmar 102,284 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 10.8% volatile
159 Paraguay 100,903 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% volatile
160 Algeria 98,529 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 9.3% rising
161 Cameroon 96,145 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.7% volatile
162 Kazakhstan 89,810 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 12.1% volatile
163 Zimbabwe 87,455 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 99.3% volatile
164 Vanuatu 87,045 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 36.4% volatile
165 Sierra Leone 86,482 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% volatile
166 Angola 85,198 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% rising
167 Guinea 84,277 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 172.5% volatile
168 Turkmenistan 80,544 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% volatile
169 Tajikistan 79,452 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 50.9% volatile
170 Guyana 77,774 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 298.1% volatile
171 Bhutan 76,775 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 61.6% volatile
172 Gabon 74,002 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 21.0% rising
173 Tanzania, United Republic of 71,749 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 50.5% volatile
174 Guinea-Bissau 70,766 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 91.3% volatile
175 Burkina Faso 67,853 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 54.6% volatile
176 Kyrgyzstan 66,783 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 102.8% volatile
177 Papua New Guinea 64,833 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 43.4% volatile
178 Lao People's Democratic Republic 62,240 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 31.9% volatile
179 Lesotho 60,109 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 13.4% volatile
180 Solomon Islands 52,670 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 17.5% volatile
181 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 44,876 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 111.3% volatile
182 Liberia 44,849 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 47.4% rising
183 Congo 42,442 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 14.9% rising
184 Yemen 39,286 current US$ per square kilometre 2018 down 19.7% volatile
185 Zambia 34,929 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% volatile
186 Botswana 32,519 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 34.2% volatile
187 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 29,411 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 102.8% volatile
188 Libya 26,185 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 47.4% rising
189 Madagascar 25,475 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 27.5% volatile
190 Afghanistan 24,869 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% volatile
191 Mozambique 23,417 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 20.5% volatile
192 Sudan 21,359 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
193 Suriname 20,697 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% volatile
194 Mali 19,040 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 59.2% volatile
195 Eritrea 14,909 current US$ per square kilometre 2009 up 139.3% rising
196 Chad 14,034 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% volatile
197 Namibia 13,873 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 3.0% volatile
198 Niger 12,851 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 70.1% volatile
199 Mongolia 11,802 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 64.8% volatile
200 Mauritania 9,656 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 48.3% volatile
201 Greenland 7,780 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 22.5% rising
202 Central African Republic 3,643 current US$ per square kilometre 2023 up 39.6% volatile
203 Somalia 1,401 current US$ per square kilometre 1990 up 54.8% volatile
204 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0 current US$ per square kilometre 2011 volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (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.

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Indicator
Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (current US$), per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
243 places, 10,300 data points, 1961–2023
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Gross value added at basic prices (GVA) (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.