Costa Rica vs Italy: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0092 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Italy
0.0091 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
62nd
Italy rank
63rd
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Italy
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0092 ha per square kilometre against 0.0091 ha per square kilometre in Italy, a difference of 0.0001 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Italy ranks 63rd of 186 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0697 ha per square kilometre | 0.0092 ha per square kilometre | 0.0605 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0562 ha per square kilometre | 0.0092 ha per square kilometre | 0.047 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1156 ha per square kilometre | 0.0082 ha per square kilometre | 0.1073 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1158 ha per square kilometre | 0.0134 ha per square kilometre | 0.1024 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Italy?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0092 ha per square kilometre against 0.0091 ha per square kilometre in Italy as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Italy?
- 0.0001 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Italy ranks 63rd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest fires — Burned 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
Forest fires — Burned 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.