Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate
Costa Rica
0.1174 % change on previous year
in 2025
El Salvador
0.1116 % change on previous year
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
76th
El Salvador rank
77th
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.1174 % change on previous year against 0.1116 % change on previous year in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0058 % change on previous year.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 76th and El Salvador ranks 77th of 249 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and El Salvador in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3233 % change on previous year | -0.4102 % change on previous year | 0.7335 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.1316 % change on previous year | -0.4258 % change on previous year | 0.5574 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3116 % change on previous year | 0.0114 % change on previous year | 0.3002 % change on previous year | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.1182 % change on previous year | 0.1194 % change on previous year | 0.0011 % change on previous year | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 0.1174 % change on previous year against 0.1116 % change on previous year in El Salvador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.0058 % change on previous year, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th and El Salvador ranks 77th of 249 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.