Costa Rica vs Gabon: Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0344 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Gabon
0.0474 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
67th
Gabon rank
65th
Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 0.0474 ha per square kilometre against 0.0344 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.013 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Gabon's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 67th and Gabon ranks 65th of 189 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Gabon in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0572 ha per square kilometre | 0.0386 ha per square kilometre | 0.0187 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0445 ha per square kilometre | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0491 ha per square kilometre | 0.0454 ha per square kilometre | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0344 ha per square kilometre | 0.0469 ha per square kilometre | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 0.0474 ha per square kilometre against 0.0344 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 0.013 ha per square kilometre, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Gabon?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Gabon rank globally for drained organic soils — area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 67th and Gabon ranks 65th of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Drained organic soils — Area, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Drained organic soils — Area 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.