Barbados vs Republic of Korea: Merchandise imports (current US$), per square kilometre

Barbados
4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Republic of Korea
6.58 million current US$ per square kilometre
in 2023
Barbados rank
18th
Republic of Korea rank
17th

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

  • Barbados
  • Republic of Korea
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922023

How they compare

Republic of Korea currently reports 6.58 million current US$ per square kilometre against 4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in Barbados, a difference of 1.64 million current US$ per square kilometre.

That makes Republic of Korea's figure about 1.3 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 18th and Republic of Korea ranks 17th of 205 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 5 and Republic of Korea in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Republic of Korea Difference Ahead
1960s 160,982 current US$ per square kilometre 8,252 current US$ per square kilometre 152,730 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1970s 516,512 current US$ per square kilometre 83,104 current US$ per square kilometre 433,408 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1980s 1.37 million current US$ per square kilometre 359,231 current US$ per square kilometre 1.01 million current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
1990s 1.82 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.10 million current US$ per square kilometre 721,168 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2000s 3.33 million current US$ per square kilometre 2.62 million current US$ per square kilometre 702,086 current US$ per square kilometre Barbados
2010s 3.87 million current US$ per square kilometre 5.00 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.13 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea
2020s 4.33 million current US$ per square kilometre 6.29 million current US$ per square kilometre 1.96 million current US$ per square kilometre Republic of Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre, Barbados or Republic of Korea?
Republic of Korea, at 6.58 million current US$ per square kilometre against 4.94 million current US$ per square kilometre in Barbados as of 2023.
What is the difference in merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre between Barbados and Republic of Korea?
1.64 million current US$ per square kilometre, with Republic of Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Republic of Korea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Barbados and Republic of Korea rank globally for merchandise imports (current us$), per square kilometre?
Barbados ranks 18th and Republic of Korea ranks 17th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Merchandise imports (current US$), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Merchandise 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
252 places, 14,042 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Merchandise 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.