Costa Rica vs Mauritania: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.232 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Mauritania
0.2451 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
65th
Mauritania rank
63rd
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 0.2451 ha per square kilometre against 0.232 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0131 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Mauritania ranks 63rd of 188 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2241 ha per square kilometre | 0.3074 ha per square kilometre | 0.0833 ha per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 0.2696 ha per square kilometre | 0.3552 ha per square kilometre | 0.0855 ha per square kilometre | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 0.3944 ha per square kilometre | 0.1849 ha per square kilometre | 0.2095 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3165 ha per square kilometre | 0.1987 ha per square kilometre | 0.1179 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
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 Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 0.2451 ha per square kilometre against 0.232 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Mauritania?
- 0.0131 ha per square kilometre, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mauritania?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Mauritania rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th and Mauritania ranks 63rd 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.