Costa Rica vs New Caledonia: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.232 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
New Caledonia
0.1944 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
65th
New Caledonia rank
68th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- New Caledonia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.232 ha per square kilometre against 0.1944 ha per square kilometre in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.0376 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times New Caledonia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 65th and New Caledonia ranks 68th of 188 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2241 ha per square kilometre | 0.126 ha per square kilometre | 0.0981 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.2696 ha per square kilometre | 0.1702 ha per square kilometre | 0.0994 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3944 ha per square kilometre | 0.139 ha per square kilometre | 0.2554 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3165 ha per square kilometre | 0.125 ha per square kilometre | 0.1915 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 New Caledonia?
- Costa Rica, at 0.232 ha per square kilometre against 0.1944 ha per square kilometre in New Caledonia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and New Caledonia?
- 0.0376 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Caledonia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and New Caledonia rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th and New Caledonia ranks 68th 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.