Costa Rica vs Sweden: Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
2.15 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sweden
2.07 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
40th
Sweden rank
41st
Recovered paper — Production, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Sweden
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.15 t per square kilometre against 2.07 t per square kilometre in Sweden, a difference of 0.08 t per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1974 it was Sweden ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Sweden ranks 41st of 125 countries.
Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0979 t per square kilometre | 1.14 t per square kilometre | 1.05 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
| 1980s | 0.1077 t per square kilometre | 1.78 t per square kilometre | 1.67 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
| 1990s | 0.2154 t per square kilometre | 2.7 t per square kilometre | 2.49 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.3564 t per square kilometre | 3.91 t per square kilometre | 3.55 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
| 2010s | 1.96 t per square kilometre | 3.16 t per square kilometre | 1.2 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2.15 t per square kilometre | 2.27 t per square kilometre | 0.1175 t per square kilometre | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher recovered paper — production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Sweden?
- Costa Rica, at 2.15 t per square kilometre against 2.07 t per square kilometre in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in recovered paper — production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 0.08 t per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Sweden?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1974 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Sweden rank globally for recovered paper — production, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 40th and Sweden ranks 41st 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.