Costa Rica vs Sao Tome and Principe: Personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre

Costa Rica
11,636 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2021
Sao Tome and Principe
11,033 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2021
Costa Rica rank
105th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
106th

Personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Sao Tome and Principe
010.0k20.0k30.0k197719992021

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 11,636 current US$ per square kilometre against 11,033 current US$ per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 603 current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1978 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 105th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 106th of 193 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Sao Tome and Principe in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1970s 54.84 current US$ per square kilometre 466.38 current US$ per square kilometre 411.54 current US$ per square kilometre Sao Tome and Principe
1980s 128.67 current US$ per square kilometre 775.66 current US$ per square kilometre 646.98 current US$ per square kilometre Sao Tome and Principe
1990s 1,942 current US$ per square kilometre 565.1 current US$ per square kilometre 1,377 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 7,628 current US$ per square kilometre 1,545 current US$ per square kilometre 6,082 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 10,866 current US$ per square kilometre 16,469 current US$ per square kilometre 5,603 current US$ per square kilometre Sao Tome and Principe
2020s 10,957 current US$ per square kilometre 10,006 current US$ per square kilometre 950.68 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Sao Tome and Principe?
Costa Rica, at 11,636 current US$ per square kilometre against 11,033 current US$ per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2021.
What is the difference in personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
603 current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe?
38 years are reported by both, from 1978 to 2021.
How do Costa Rica and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 105th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 106th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Personal remittances and foreign aid received, per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
193 places, 6,437 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

Personal remittances and foreign aid received 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.