Brazil vs Costa Rica: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre
Brazil
0.0062 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica
0.0067 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Brazil rank
26th
Costa Rica rank
23rd
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre over time
- Brazil
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0067 million t per square kilometre against 0.0062 million t per square kilometre in Brazil, a difference of 0.0005 million t per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 26th and Costa Rica ranks 23rd of 200 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.007 million t per square kilometre | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | 0.0007 million t per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | Brazil |
| 2010s | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre, Brazil or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0067 million t per square kilometre against 0.0062 million t per square kilometre in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 0.0005 million t per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Brazil ranks 26th and Costa Rica ranks 23rd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, 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 land — Carbon stock in living biomass 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.