Austria vs Costa Rica: Annual forest expansion
Austria
7,950 hectares per year
in 2020
Costa Rica
8,020 hectares per year
in 2020
Austria rank
36th
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Austria
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 8,020 hectares per year against 7,950 hectares per year in Austria, a difference of 70 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Austria ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Austria | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,710 hectares per year | 18,320 hectares per year | 6,610 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 10,000 hectares per year | 7,480 hectares per year | 2,520 hectares per year | Austria |
| 2010s | 7,950 hectares per year | 16,395 hectares per year | 8,445 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 7,950 hectares per year | 8,020 hectares per year | 70 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Austria or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 8,020 hectares per year against 7,950 hectares per year in Austria as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Austria and Costa Rica?
- 70 hectares per year, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Costa Rica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Austria and Costa Rica rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Austria ranks 36th and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).