Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
4.9 t per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
4.13 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
31st
El Salvador rank
34th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 4.9 t per square kilometre against 4.13 t per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.77 t per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 34th of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0529 t per square kilometre | 0.0352 t per square kilometre | 0.0177 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.1365 t per square kilometre | 0.2551 t per square kilometre | 0.1186 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.284 t per square kilometre | 0.7901 t per square kilometre | 0.5061 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.3839 t per square kilometre | 1.58 t per square kilometre | 1.2 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.3917 t per square kilometre | 4.61 t per square kilometre | 4.22 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3.11 t per square kilometre | 5.56 t per square kilometre | 2.45 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 4.9 t per square kilometre | 5.2 t per square kilometre | 0.3015 t per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher paper and paperboard — production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 4.9 t per square kilometre against 4.13 t per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in paper and paperboard — production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.77 t per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for paper and paperboard — production, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 31st and El Salvador ranks 34th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Paper and paperboard — Production, 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 — Production 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.