Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Savanna — Burned Area, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0009 ha per person
in 2024
Uruguay
0.001 ha per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
65th
Uruguay rank
63rd

Savanna — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
00.0020.0040.0060.008199020072024

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.001 ha per person against 0.0009 ha per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 ha per person.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 65th and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 188 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0011 ha per person 0.0018 ha per person 0.0007 ha per person Uruguay
2000s 0.0014 ha per person 0.0041 ha per person 0.0027 ha per person Uruguay
2010s 0.0014 ha per person 0.0022 ha per person 0.0008 ha per person Uruguay
2020s 0.0007 ha per person 0.003 ha per person 0.0023 ha per person Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna — burned area, per capita, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.001 ha per person against 0.0009 ha per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in savanna — burned area, per capita between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.0001 ha per person, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for savanna — burned area, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna — Burned Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Savanna — Burned Area, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
190 places, 6,504 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Savanna — Burned Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.