Costa Rica vs Uganda: Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0092 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Uganda
0.0114 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
62nd
Uganda rank
60th
Forest fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.0114 ha per square kilometre against 0.0092 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0022 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Uganda ranks 60th of 186 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Uganda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0697 ha per square kilometre | 0.1807 ha per square kilometre | 0.111 ha per square kilometre | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.0562 ha per square kilometre | 0.0698 ha per square kilometre | 0.0136 ha per square kilometre | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.1156 ha per square kilometre | 0.042 ha per square kilometre | 0.0736 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1158 ha per square kilometre | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | 0.1032 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 Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.0114 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 Uganda?
- 0.0022 ha per square kilometre, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uganda?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Uganda rank globally for forest fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 62nd and Uganda ranks 60th 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.