Argentina vs Costa Rica: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Argentina
0.0072 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica
0.0084 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Argentina rank
48th
Costa Rica rank
46th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Argentina
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0084 ha per square kilometre against 0.0072 ha per square kilometre in Argentina, a difference of 0.0012 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Argentina ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 185 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0359 ha per square kilometre | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0189 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0207 ha per square kilometre | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | 0.0211 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0154 ha per square kilometre | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 0.0688 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0311 ha per square kilometre | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0596 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre, Argentina or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0084 ha per square kilometre against 0.0072 ha per square kilometre in Argentina as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Argentina and Costa Rica?
- 0.0012 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Costa Rica?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Argentina and Costa Rica rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Argentina ranks 48th and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 185 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, 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
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area 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.