Costa Rica vs Philippines: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Costa Rica
0.0084 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Philippines
0.0102 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
46th
Philippines rank
44th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Costa Rica
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 0.0102 ha per square kilometre against 0.0084 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0018 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.2 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 Philippines ranks 44th of 185 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | 0.0372 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | 0.0173 ha per square kilometre | 0.0245 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 0.0177 ha per square kilometre | 0.0666 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0137 ha per square kilometre | 0.0771 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 Philippines?
- Philippines, at 0.0102 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 Philippines?
- 0.0018 ha per square kilometre, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Philippines?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Philippines rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and Philippines ranks 44th 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.