What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Costa Rica and Spain?

0 1000 ha per person, with Spain ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Costa Rica vs Spain: Land area — Area, per capita

Costa Rica

0.001 1000 ha per person

in 2024

Spain

0.001 1000 ha per person

in 2024

Costa Rica rank

101st

Spain rank

99th

Land area — Area, per capita over time

Costa Rica
Spain

How they compare

Spain currently reports 0.001 1000 ha per person against 0.001 1000 ha per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0 1000 ha per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 101st and Spain ranks 99th of 190 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Costa Rica	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0032 1000 ha per person	0.0016 1000 ha per person	0.0017 1000 ha per person	Costa Rica
1970s	0.0025 1000 ha per person	0.0014 1000 ha per person	0.0011 1000 ha per person	Costa Rica
1980s	0.0019 1000 ha per person	0.0013 1000 ha per person	0.0006 1000 ha per person	Costa Rica
1990s	0.0015 1000 ha per person	0.0013 1000 ha per person	0.0002 1000 ha per person	Costa Rica
2000s	0.0012 1000 ha per person	0.0012 1000 ha per person	0.0001 1000 ha per person	Costa Rica
2010s	0.0011 1000 ha per person	0.0011 1000 ha per person	0 1000 ha per person	Spain
2020s	0.001 1000 ha per person	0.001 1000 ha per person	0 1000 ha per person	Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land area — area, per capita, Costa Rica or Spain?: Spain, at 0.001 1000 ha per person against 0.001 1000 ha per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in land area — area, per capita between Costa Rica and Spain?: 0 1000 ha per person, with Spain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for land area — area, per capita?: Costa Rica ranks 101st and Spain ranks 99th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Spain: Land area — Area, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 14 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/land-area-area-per-capita/costa-rica/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/land-area-area-per-capita/costa-rica/spain/">Costa Rica vs Spain: Land area — Area, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Land area — Area, per capita
Unit: 1000 ha per person
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 193 places, 11,206 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Land area — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.