Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre was 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica is 0.0067 million t per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0062 million t per square kilometre, in 1990.
That places Costa Rica 23rd out of 200 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | million t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0065 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.0065 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0065 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.0067 million t per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0025 million t per square kilometre, 2.7× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.0067 million t per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0031 million t per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | 0.0063 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 0.0064 million t per square kilometre | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | 0.0066 million t per square kilometre | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 20 Fiji 0.0078 million t per square kilometre compare
- 21 Malaysia 0.0071 million t per square kilometre compare
- 22 American Samoa 0.0068 million t per square kilometre compare
- 24 Colombia 0.0062 million t per square kilometre compare
- 25 Peru 0.0062 million t per square kilometre compare
- 26 Brazil 0.0062 million t per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 108.28 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.35 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0067 million t per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0062 million t per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 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.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 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.