Costa Rica vs Portugal: Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.232 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
0.2371 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
65th
Portugal rank
64th
Savanna fires — Burned Area, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.2371 ha per square kilometre against 0.232 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0051 ha per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Portugal ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 65th and Portugal ranks 64th of 188 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2241 ha per square kilometre | 0.9936 ha per square kilometre | 0.7695 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.2696 ha per square kilometre | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 0.9482 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.3944 ha per square kilometre | 1.12 ha per square kilometre | 0.7285 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.3165 ha per square kilometre | 0.409 ha per square kilometre | 0.0925 ha per square kilometre | Portugal |
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 Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.2371 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 Portugal?
- 0.0051 ha per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for savanna fires — burned area, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 65th and Portugal ranks 64th 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.