Costa Rica vs Suriname: Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area)
Costa Rica
0.0084 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Suriname
0.0097 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
46th
Suriname rank
45th
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area, per square kilometre (Area) over time
- Costa Rica
- Suriname
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 0.0097 ha per square kilometre against 0.0084 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0013 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 46th and Suriname ranks 45th 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 | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0548 ha per square kilometre | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 0.0421 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | 0.0056 ha per square kilometre | 0.0362 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0842 ha per square kilometre | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.0814 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0908 ha per square kilometre | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | 0.0863 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 Suriname?
- Suriname, at 0.0097 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 Suriname?
- 0.0013 ha per square kilometre, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Suriname?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Suriname rank globally for humid tropical forest — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and Suriname ranks 45th 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.