Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Annual afforestation

Costa Rica
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Kuwait
0 hectares per year
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
67th
Kuwait rank
67th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Kuwait
02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k199020052020

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Kuwait, a difference of 0 hectares per year.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 67th and Kuwait ranks 67th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Kuwait in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Kuwait Difference Ahead
1990s 8,890 hectares per year 140 hectares per year 8,750 hectares per year Costa Rica
2000s 0 hectares per year 140 hectares per year 140 hectares per year Kuwait
2010s 0 hectares per year 90 hectares per year 90 hectares per year Kuwait
2020s 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year 0 hectares per year

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
Costa Rica, at 0 hectares per year against 0 hectares per year in Kuwait as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
0 hectares per year, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for annual afforestation?
Costa Rica ranks 67th and Kuwait ranks 67th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual afforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.