Costa Rica vs Indonesia: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
2.15 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Indonesia
1.71 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
40th
Indonesia rank
43rd
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Indonesia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.15 t per square kilometre against 1.71 t per square kilometre in Indonesia, a difference of 0.44 t per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Indonesia ranks 43rd of 125 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Indonesia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0979 t per square kilometre | 0.0182 t per square kilometre | 0.0797 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.1077 t per square kilometre | 0.119 t per square kilometre | 0.0112 t per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 1990s | 0.2154 t per square kilometre | 0.3772 t per square kilometre | 0.1618 t per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 0.3564 t per square kilometre | 1.21 t per square kilometre | 0.8533 t per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 1.96 t per square kilometre | 1.98 t per square kilometre | 0.0249 t per square kilometre | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 1.71 t per square kilometre | 0.4425 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Indonesia?
- Costa Rica, at 2.15 t per square kilometre against 1.71 t per square kilometre in Indonesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Indonesia?
- 0.44 t per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Indonesia?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Indonesia rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and Indonesia ranks 43rd of 125 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Recovered paper — 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.