Costa Rica vs Suriname: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0092 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Suriname
0.0097 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
62nd
Suriname rank
61st
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 0.0097 ha per square kilometre against 0.0092 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0005 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 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 62nd and Suriname ranks 61st 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 | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0697 ha per square kilometre | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 0.0571 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0562 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0506 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.1156 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.1128 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1158 ha per square kilometre | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | 0.1113 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 Suriname?
- Suriname, at 0.0097 ha per square kilometre against 0.0092 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Suriname?
- 0.0005 ha per square kilometre, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Suriname?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Suriname rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Suriname ranks 61st 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.