Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Agriculture-driven deforestation

Costa Rica

7,308 hectares

in 2024

Papua New Guinea

5,420 hectares

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

49th

Papua New Guinea rank

51st

Agriculture-driven deforestation over time

Costa Rica currently reports 7,308 hectares against 5,420 hectares in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1,889 hectares.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 49th and Papua New Guinea ranks 51st of 187 countries.

Indicator: Agriculture-driven deforestation
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 187 places, 4,269 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Long-term, permanent tree cover loss for small- to large-scale agriculture.