Costa Rica vs Mexico: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
2.15 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Mexico
2.32 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
40th
Mexico rank
38th
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 2.32 t per square kilometre against 2.15 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.17 t per square kilometre.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Mexico ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Mexico ranks 38th of 125 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0979 t per square kilometre | 0.3691 t per square kilometre | 0.2712 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 1980s | 0.1077 t per square kilometre | 0.4671 t per square kilometre | 0.3594 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 1990s | 0.2154 t per square kilometre | 0.4733 t per square kilometre | 0.2578 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2000s | 0.3564 t per square kilometre | 1.1 t per square kilometre | 0.7478 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2010s | 1.96 t per square kilometre | 2.21 t per square kilometre | 0.2486 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
| 2020s | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 2.37 t per square kilometre | 0.2202 t per square kilometre | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 2.32 t per square kilometre against 2.15 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 0.17 t per square kilometre, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Mexico?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Mexico rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and Mexico ranks 38th 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.
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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.