Costa Rica vs India: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
0.1%
in 2025
India
0.1%
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
57th
India rank
56th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was India ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 57th and India ranks 56th of 227 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.2% | India |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.2% | India |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | India |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Costa Rica or India?
- India, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and India?
- 0.0%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and India?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and India rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 57th and India ranks 56th of 227 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 vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.