Bangladesh vs Costa Rica: Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland

Bangladesh
3,212 Square kilometres
in 2022
Costa Rica
3,170 Square kilometres
in 2022
Bangladesh rank
58th
Costa Rica rank
61st

Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Costa Rica
01.0k2.0k3.0k200520132022

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 3,212 Square kilometres against 3,170 Square kilometres in Costa Rica, a difference of 42 Square kilometres.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 58th and Costa Rica ranks 61st of 169 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2000s 476.45 Square kilometres 1,102 Square kilometres 625.93 Square kilometres Costa Rica
2010s 1,163 Square kilometres 2,424 Square kilometres 1,260 Square kilometres Costa Rica
2020s 2,779 Square kilometres 3,105 Square kilometres 326.63 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 — loss of cropland, Bangladesh or Costa Rica?
Bangladesh, at 3,212 Square kilometres against 3,170 Square kilometres in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland between Bangladesh and Costa Rica?
42 Square kilometres, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Costa Rica?
5 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2022.
How do Bangladesh and Costa Rica rank globally for land cover and land cover change — loss of cropland?
Bangladesh ranks 58th and Costa Rica ranks 61st of 169 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Land cover and land cover change — Loss of cropland
Unit
Square kilometres
Source
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence
OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage
979 places, 4,895 data points, 2005–2022
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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