Botswana vs Suriname: Land area in square kilometers, per capita
Botswana
0.2285 sq. km per person
in 2023
Suriname
0.2552 sq. km per person
in 2023
Botswana rank
9th
Suriname rank
7th
Land area in square kilometers, per capita over time
- Botswana
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 0.2552 sq. km per person against 0.2285 sq. km per person in Botswana, a difference of 0.0267 sq. km per person.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Botswana ahead.
Botswana ranks 9th and Suriname ranks 7th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 4 and Suriname in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 sq. km per person | 0.5065 sq. km per person | 0.4965 sq. km per person | Botswana |
| 1970s | 0.8048 sq. km per person | 0.4136 sq. km per person | 0.3912 sq. km per person | Botswana |
| 1980s | 0.5186 sq. km per person | 0.4145 sq. km per person | 0.104 sq. km per person | Botswana |
| 1990s | 0.386 sq. km per person | 0.3715 sq. km per person | 0.0145 sq. km per person | Botswana |
| 2000s | 0.3109 sq. km per person | 0.313 sq. km per person | 0.0022 sq. km per person | Suriname |
| 2010s | 0.2597 sq. km per person | 0.2779 sq. km per person | 0.0182 sq. km per person | Suriname |
| 2020s | 0.2341 sq. km per person | 0.2587 sq. km per person | 0.0246 sq. km per person | Suriname |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land area in square kilometers, per capita, Botswana or Suriname?
- Suriname, at 0.2552 sq. km per person against 0.2285 sq. km per person in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in land area in square kilometers, per capita between Botswana and Suriname?
- 0.0267 sq. km per person, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Suriname?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Suriname rank globally for land area in square kilometers, per capita?
- Botswana ranks 9th and Suriname ranks 7th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Land area in square kilometers, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Land area in square kilometers divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.