Costa Rica vs Iraq: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.232 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Iraq
0.2239 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
65th
Iraq rank
66th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Iraq
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.232 ha per square kilometre against 0.2239 ha per square kilometre in Iraq, a difference of 0.0081 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Iraq ranks 66th of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Iraq in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Iraq | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2241 ha per square kilometre | 0.1903 ha per square kilometre | 0.0338 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2696 ha per square kilometre | 0.06 ha per square kilometre | 0.2096 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3944 ha per square kilometre | 0.3336 ha per square kilometre | 0.0608 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3165 ha per square kilometre | 0.3584 ha per square kilometre | 0.0418 ha per square kilometre | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Iraq?
- Costa Rica, at 0.232 ha per square kilometre against 0.2239 ha per square kilometre in Iraq as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 0.0081 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Iraq?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Iraq rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th and Iraq ranks 66th of 188 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Savanna fires — 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
Savanna fires — 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.