Costa Rica vs South Africa: Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0077 t per person
in 2024
South Africa
0.0077 t per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
47th
South Africa rank
48th

Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • South Africa
00.0050.010.0150.02196119922024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0077 t per person against 0.0077 t per person in South Africa, a difference of 0 t per person.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was South Africa ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 47th and South Africa ranks 48th of 178 countries.

South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica South Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0001 t per person 0.0015 t per person 0.0014 t per person South Africa
1970s 0.0008 t per person 0.0035 t per person 0.0027 t per person South Africa
1980s 0.0043 t per person 0.0066 t per person 0.0023 t per person South Africa
1990s 0.0018 t per person 0.0087 t per person 0.0069 t per person South Africa
2000s 0.0043 t per person 0.0162 t per person 0.0119 t per person South Africa
2010s 0.006 t per person 0.0092 t per person 0.0032 t per person South Africa
2020s 0.0068 t per person 0.0068 t per person 0 t per person South Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher paper and paperboard — export quantity, per capita, Costa Rica or South Africa?
Costa Rica, at 0.0077 t per person against 0.0077 t per person in South Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in paper and paperboard — export quantity, per capita between Costa Rica and South Africa?
0 t per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South Africa?
60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and South Africa rank globally for paper and paperboard — export quantity, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 47th and South Africa ranks 48th of 178 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per capita
Unit
t per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
179 places, 6,991 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Paper and paperboard — Export quantity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.