Bhutan vs Costa Rica: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Bhutan
0.0051 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica
0.0084 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Bhutan rank
49th
Costa Rica rank
46th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Bhutan
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0084 ha per square kilometre against 0.0051 ha per square kilometre in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0033 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.7 times Bhutan's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Bhutan ranks 49th 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 | Bhutan | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0222 ha per square kilometre | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0325 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | 0.021 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0358 ha per square kilometre | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 0.0485 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0846 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, Bhutan or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0084 ha per square kilometre against 0.0051 ha per square kilometre in Bhutan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Bhutan and Costa Rica?
- 0.0033 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Costa Rica?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and Costa Rica rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Bhutan ranks 49th 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.