Costa Rica vs Saudi Arabia: Recovered paper — Production, per capita

Costa Rica
0.0214 t per person
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.0283 t per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
45th
Saudi Arabia rank
43rd

Recovered paper — Production, per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Saudi Arabia
00.010.020.030.04197419992024

How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 0.0283 t per person against 0.0214 t per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0069 t per person.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.3 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 45th and Saudi Arabia ranks 43rd of 125 countries.

Saudi Arabia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0018 t per person 0.0037 t per person 0.0019 t per person Saudi Arabia
1990s 0.0032 t per person 0.0058 t per person 0.0027 t per person Saudi Arabia
2000s 0.0042 t per person 0.0076 t per person 0.0034 t per person Saudi Arabia
2010s 0.0208 t per person 0.0356 t per person 0.0148 t per person Saudi Arabia
2020s 0.0216 t per person 0.0307 t per person 0.009 t per person Saudi Arabia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher recovered paper — production, per capita, Costa Rica or Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia, at 0.0283 t per person against 0.0214 t per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per capita between Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
0.0069 t per person, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia?
43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia rank globally for recovered paper — production, per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 45th and Saudi Arabia ranks 43rd of 125 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Recovered paper — Production, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Recovered paper — Production, per capita
Unit
t per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
126 places, 4,760 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Recovered paper — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.