Costa Rica vs Panama: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Costa Rica
0.0084 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Panama
0.0121 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
46th
Panama rank
43rd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 0.0121 ha per square kilometre against 0.0084 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0037 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 46th and Panama ranks 43rd of 185 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Panama in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0186 ha per square kilometre | 0.0362 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | 0.0449 ha per square kilometre | 0.0031 ha per square kilometre | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 0.0149 ha per square kilometre | 0.0693 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 0.0866 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, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 0.0121 ha per square kilometre against 0.0084 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0.0037 ha per square kilometre, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and Panama ranks 43rd 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.