Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate
Costa Rica
0.1174 % change on previous year
in 2025
New Zealand
0.1518 % change on previous year
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
76th
New Zealand rank
73rd
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 0.1518 % change on previous year against 0.1174 % change on previous year in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0344 % change on previous year.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was New Zealand ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 76th and New Zealand ranks 73rd of 249 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3233 % change on previous year | 0.3931 % change on previous year | 0.0697 % change on previous year | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.1316 % change on previous year | 0.4101 % change on previous year | 0.2785 % change on previous year | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.3116 % change on previous year | 0.3488 % change on previous year | 0.0372 % change on previous year | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.1182 % change on previous year | 0.1733 % change on previous year | 0.0551 % change on previous year | New Zealand |
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 New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 0.1518 % change on previous year against 0.1174 % change on previous year in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 0.0344 % change on previous year, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th and New Zealand ranks 73rd 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.