Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita)
Costa Rica
0.001 ha per person
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.0007 ha per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
30th
Papua New Guinea rank
32nd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per capita (Area capita) over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.001 ha per person against 0.0007 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0003 ha per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.4 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0321 ha per person | 0.0313 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0033 ha per person | 0.0028 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0026 ha per person | 0.0017 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0009 ha per person | 0.0008 ha per person | 0.0001 ha per person | Costa Rica |
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 Papua New Guinea?
- Costa Rica, at 0.001 ha per person against 0.0007 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0003 ha per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd 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.