Japan vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Merchandise exports (current US$), per square kilometre

Japan
1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
44,390 current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
28th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
31st

Merchandise exports (current US$), per square kilometre over time

  • Japan
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
0500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M196119922023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre against 44,390 current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 1.92 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Japan's figure about 44.3 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 206 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 23,909 current US$ per square kilometre 574.29 current US$ per square kilometre 23,335 current US$ per square kilometre Japan
1970s 155,422 current US$ per square kilometre 3,139 current US$ per square kilometre 152,284 current US$ per square kilometre Japan
1980s 519,002 current US$ per square kilometre 6,452 current US$ per square kilometre 512,550 current US$ per square kilometre Japan
1990s 1.04 million current US$ per square kilometre 7,223 current US$ per square kilometre 1.03 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2000s 1.55 million current US$ per square kilometre 21,614 current US$ per square kilometre 1.53 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2010s 1.98 million current US$ per square kilometre 36,083 current US$ per square kilometre 1.94 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan
2020s 1.96 million current US$ per square kilometre 38,095 current US$ per square kilometre 1.92 million current US$ per square kilometre Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise exports (current us$), per square kilometre, Japan or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Japan, at 1.97 million current US$ per square kilometre against 44,390 current US$ per square kilometre in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise exports (current us$), per square kilometre between Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
1.92 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Japan and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for merchandise exports (current us$), per square kilometre?
Japan ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise exports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise exports (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
253 places, 14,096 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise exports (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.