Costa Rica vs Kiribati: Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square

Costa Rica
37,117 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Kiribati
37,995 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
65th
Kiribati rank
64th

Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Kiribati
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How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 37,995 current US$ per square kilometre against 37,117 current US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 878 current US$ per square kilometre.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 65th and Kiribati ranks 64th of 189 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Kiribati in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Kiribati Difference Ahead
2000s 11,575 current US$ per square kilometre 11,482 current US$ per square kilometre 93.1 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 25,891 current US$ per square kilometre 30,333 current US$ per square kilometre 4,442 current US$ per square kilometre Kiribati
2020s 22,098 current US$ per square kilometre 20,201 current US$ per square kilometre 1,897 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square, Costa Rica or Kiribati?
Kiribati, at 37,995 current US$ per square kilometre against 37,117 current US$ per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square between Costa Rica and Kiribati?
878 current US$ per square kilometre, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kiribati?
6 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Kiribati rank globally for spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square?
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Kiribati ranks 64th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad, per square kilometre
Unit
current US$ per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 4,392 data points, 1995–2023
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Spending by a country’s residents while travelling abroad 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.