Costa Rica vs Germany: Annual forest expansion
Costa Rica
8,020 hectares per year
in 2020
Germany
8,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Costa Rica rank
33rd
Germany rank
34th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Costa Rica
- Germany
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 8,020 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Germany, a difference of 20 hectares per year.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Germany ranks 34th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Germany in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,320 hectares per year | 12,200 hectares per year | 6,120 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 7,480 hectares per year | 11,330 hectares per year | 3,850 hectares per year | Germany |
| 2010s | 16,395 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 6,555 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 8,020 hectares per year | 8,000 hectares per year | 20 hectares per year | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Costa Rica or Germany?
- Costa Rica, at 8,020 hectares per year against 8,000 hectares per year in Germany as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Costa Rica and Germany?
- 20 hectares per year, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Germany?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Costa Rica and Germany rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Costa Rica ranks 33rd and Germany ranks 34th 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).