Costa Rica vs Greece: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0035 ha per person
in 2024
Greece
0.0033 ha per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
71st
Greece rank
73rd

Savanna fires — Burned Area, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Greece
00.0050.010.0150.02199020072024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0035 ha per person against 0.0033 ha per person in Greece, a difference of 0.0002 ha per person.

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

The two have swapped places 12 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 71st and Greece ranks 73rd of 188 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Greece Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0034 ha per person 0.0032 ha per person 0.0002 ha per person Costa Rica
2000s 0.0033 ha per person 0.0033 ha per person 0 ha per person Costa Rica
2010s 0.0042 ha per person 0.0015 ha per person 0.0027 ha per person Costa Rica
2020s 0.0032 ha per person 0.0053 ha per person 0.0021 ha per person Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per capita, Costa Rica or Greece?
Costa Rica, at 0.0035 ha per person against 0.0033 ha per person in Greece as of 2024.
What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per capita between Costa Rica and Greece?
0.0002 ha per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Greece?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Greece rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 71st and Greece ranks 73rd of 188 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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 fires — 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 fires — 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.