Mauritania vs Papua New Guinea: Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre

Mauritania
22,949 current LCU per square kilometre
in 2019
Papua New Guinea
25,927 current LCU per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania rank
163rd
Papua New Guinea rank
160th

Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre over time

  • Mauritania
  • Papua New Guinea
-10.0k010.0k20.0k30.0k196219922023

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 25,927 current LCU per square kilometre against 22,949 current LCU per square kilometre in Mauritania, a difference of 2,978 current LCU per square kilometre.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Mauritania's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Mauritania ranks 163rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 160th of 185 countries.

Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1970s -77.49 current LCU per square kilometre 522.25 current LCU per square kilometre 599.74 current LCU per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1980s -758.89 current LCU per square kilometre 660.02 current LCU per square kilometre 1,419 current LCU per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
1990s -1,594 current LCU per square kilometre 412.43 current LCU per square kilometre 2,007 current LCU per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2000s -1,104 current LCU per square kilometre 12,629 current LCU per square kilometre 13,733 current LCU per square kilometre Papua New Guinea
2010s 13,963 current LCU per square kilometre 16,482 current LCU per square kilometre 2,520 current LCU per square kilometre Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net foreign assets (current lcu), per square kilometre, Mauritania or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 25,927 current LCU per square kilometre against 22,949 current LCU per square kilometre in Mauritania as of 2023.
What is the difference in net foreign assets (current lcu), per square kilometre between Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
2,978 current LCU per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Papua New Guinea?
34 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2019.
How do Mauritania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for net foreign assets (current lcu), per square kilometre?
Mauritania ranks 163rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 160th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net foreign assets (current LCU), per square kilometre
Unit
current LCU per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
185 places, 8,583 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Net foreign assets (current LCU) 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.