Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land)

Costa Rica
696.73 kt
in 2021
Switzerland
756.28 kt
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Switzerland rank
30th

Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Switzerland
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k199020062022

How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 756.28 kt against 696.73 kt in Costa Rica, a difference of 59.55 kt.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Switzerland ranks 30th of 57 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Switzerland in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Switzerland Difference Ahead
1990s 11,137 kt 530.27 kt 10,607 kt Costa Rica
2000s 6,042 kt 637.2 kt 5,404 kt Costa Rica
2010s 3,018 kt 704.76 kt 2,313 kt Costa Rica
2020s 688.29 kt 749.08 kt 60.8 kt Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land), Costa Rica or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 756.28 kt against 696.73 kt in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
59.55 kt, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Switzerland?
28 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2021.
How do Costa Rica and Switzerland rank globally for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land)?
Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Switzerland ranks 30th of 57 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land). Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/net-forest-conversion-net-emissions-removals-co2-forest-land-unfccc/costa-rica/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/net-forest-conversion-net-emissions-removals-co2-forest-land-unfccc/costa-rica/switzerland/">Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land)</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
61 places, 1,721 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).