Costa Rica vs Portugal: Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
8.19 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
8.77 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
28th
Portugal rank
26th
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 8.77 t per square kilometre against 8.19 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.58 t per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 26th of 184 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Portugal in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8215 t per square kilometre | 0.3466 t per square kilometre | 0.4749 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 2.05 t per square kilometre | 0.6813 t per square kilometre | 1.37 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 2.13 t per square kilometre | 1.34 t per square kilometre | 0.7845 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 4.96 t per square kilometre | 4.87 t per square kilometre | 0.0957 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 7.11 t per square kilometre | 8.03 t per square kilometre | 0.9188 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2010s | 8.56 t per square kilometre | 9.13 t per square kilometre | 0.5653 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 8.69 t per square kilometre | 9.56 t per square kilometre | 0.8661 t per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher paper and paperboard — import quantity, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 8.77 t per square kilometre against 8.19 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in paper and paperboard — import quantity, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Portugal?
- 0.58 t per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for paper and paperboard — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 28th and Portugal ranks 26th of 184 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Paper and paperboard — Import quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.