Costa Rica vs Mexico: Land cover and land cover change — Grassland
Land cover and land cover change — Grassland over time
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 211.72 Square kilometres against 192.49 Square kilometres in Mexico, a difference of 19.23 Square kilometres.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 116th and Mexico ranks 117th of 207 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 209.58 Square kilometres | 203.56 Square kilometres | 6.02 Square kilometres | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 212.46 Square kilometres | 201.47 Square kilometres | 10.99 Square kilometres | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 211.63 Square kilometres | 193.02 Square kilometres | 18.61 Square kilometres | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher land cover and land cover change — grassland, Costa Rica or Mexico?
- Costa Rica, at 211.72 Square kilometres against 192.49 Square kilometres in Mexico as of 2022.
- What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — grassland between Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 19.23 Square kilometres, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for land cover and land cover change — grassland?
- Costa Rica ranks 116th and Mexico ranks 117th of 207 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Grassland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The land cover dataset provides a global assessment of land cover and land cover change to monitor pressures on ecosystems and biodiversity. By using geospatial data with high spatio-temporal resolution, it develops a set of internationally comparable indicators with a long time series and a five-year interval from 2000 to 2022 for the Climate Change Initiative Land Cover dataset, and from 1975 to 2030 for the Global Human Settlement Layer dataset. Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The dataset has a global coverage on the national level, while on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. The following country aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas, the LAC region and the World. Data source(s): Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer built-up area data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Database documentation