Costa Rica vs Madagascar: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita)
Costa Rica
0.001 ha per person
in 2024
Madagascar
0.0016 ha per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
30th
Madagascar rank
27th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) over time
- Costa Rica
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.0016 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0006 ha per person.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Madagascar ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Madagascar ranks 27th of 185 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.003 ha per person | 0.0021 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0022 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita, Costa Rica or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.0016 ha per person against 0.001 ha per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita between Costa Rica and Madagascar?
- 0.0006 ha per person, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Madagascar?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Madagascar rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Madagascar ranks 27th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.