Costa Rica vs Thailand: Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
134,329 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Thailand
127,889 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
66th
Thailand rank
68th

Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Thailand
050.0k100.0k150.0k197519992023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 134,329 current US$ per square kilometre against 127,889 current US$ per square kilometre in Thailand, a difference of 6,440 current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Thailand's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 66th and Thailand ranks 68th of 198 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Thailand Difference Ahead
1970s 4,459 current US$ per square kilometre 2,040 current US$ per square kilometre 2,419 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
1980s 6,035 current US$ per square kilometre 4,370 current US$ per square kilometre 1,665 current US$ per square kilometre Costa Rica
1990s 16,749 current US$ per square kilometre 25,882 current US$ per square kilometre 9,133 current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2000s 28,831 current US$ per square kilometre 51,714 current US$ per square kilometre 22,883 current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2010s 58,687 current US$ per square kilometre 91,509 current US$ per square kilometre 32,822 current US$ per square kilometre Thailand
2020s 99,843 current US$ per square kilometre 112,929 current US$ per square kilometre 13,086 current US$ per square kilometre Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Thailand?
Costa Rica, at 134,329 current US$ per square kilometre against 127,889 current US$ per square kilometre in Thailand as of 2023.
What is the difference in commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Thailand?
6,440 current US$ per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Thailand?
47 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Thailand rank globally for commercial service imports (current us$), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 66th and Thailand ranks 68th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Thailand: Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 07 September 2026, from https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/commercial-service-imports-current-us-per-square-kilometre/costa-rica/thailand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://private-sector.statizoid.com/compare/commercial-service-imports-current-us-per-square-kilometre/costa-rica/thailand/">Costa Rica vs Thailand: Commercial service imports (current US$), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Commercial service imports (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
245 places, 9,326 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Commercial service imports (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.