Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita
Costa Rica
0 1000 ha per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0 1000 ha per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
61st
Papua New Guinea rank
64th
Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0 1000 ha per person against 0 1000 ha per person in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0 1000 ha per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 61st and Papua New Guinea ranks 64th of 191 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher net forest conversion — area, per capita, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
- Costa Rica, at 0 1000 ha per person against 0 1000 ha per person in Papua New Guinea as of 2025.
- What is the difference in net forest conversion — area, per capita between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0 1000 ha per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for net forest conversion — area, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 61st and Papua New Guinea ranks 64th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.