Costa Rica vs Lithuania: Annual change in forest area
Costa Rica
3,518 hectares
in 2025
Lithuania
2,830 hectares
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
41st
Lithuania rank
43rd
Annual change in forest area over time
- Costa Rica
- Lithuania
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 3,518 hectares against 2,830 hectares in Lithuania, a difference of 688 hectares.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Lithuania's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 41st and Lithuania ranks 43rd of 235 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Lithuania in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Lithuania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,031 hectares | 7,500 hectares | 1,531 hectares | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 3,756 hectares | 14,250 hectares | 10,494 hectares | Lithuania |
| 2010s | 9,095 hectares | 4,415 hectares | 4,680 hectares | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 3,518 hectares | 2,865 hectares | 653.29 hectares | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area, Costa Rica or Lithuania?
- Costa Rica, at 3,518 hectares against 2,830 hectares in Lithuania as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area between Costa Rica and Lithuania?
- 688 hectares, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lithuania?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Lithuania rank globally for annual change in forest area?
- Costa Rica ranks 41st and Lithuania ranks 43rd of 235 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 change in forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.