Burkina Faso vs Costa Rica: Annual forest expansion
Burkina Faso
8,050 hectares per year
in 2020
Costa Rica
8,020 hectares per year
in 2020
Burkina Faso rank
32nd
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Annual forest expansion over time
- Burkina Faso
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 8,050 hectares per year against 8,020 hectares per year in Costa Rica, a difference of 30 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 32nd and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,720 hectares per year | 18,320 hectares per year | 14,600 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 11,060 hectares per year | 7,480 hectares per year | 3,580 hectares per year | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 9,055 hectares per year | 16,395 hectares per year | 7,340 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 8,050 hectares per year | 8,020 hectares per year | 30 hectares per year | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Burkina Faso or Costa Rica?
- Burkina Faso, at 8,050 hectares per year against 8,020 hectares per year in Costa Rica as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
- 30 hectares per year, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Costa Rica?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Burkina Faso and Costa Rica rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Burkina Faso ranks 32nd and Costa Rica ranks 33rd of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β 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).