Costa Rica vs Malaysia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.0067 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Malaysia
0.0071 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
23rd
Malaysia rank
21st
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 0.0071 million t per square kilometre against 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0004 million t per square kilometre.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Malaysia ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | 0.0075 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0069 million t per square kilometre | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 0.007 million t per square kilometre | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | 0.0071 million t per square kilometre | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | Malaysia |
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, Costa Rica or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 0.0071 million t per square kilometre against 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Malaysia?
- 0.0004 million t per square kilometre, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malaysia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Malaysia rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Malaysia ranks 21st 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.