Costa Rica vs New Zealand: Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration
Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration over time
- Costa Rica
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 127 Cubic metres against 76.03 Cubic metres in Costa Rica, a difference of 50.97 Cubic metres.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.7 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 45 years both countries report, New Zealand has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 17th of 36 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 76.03 Cubic metres | 127 Cubic metres | 50.97 Cubic metres | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 76.03 Cubic metres | 127 Cubic metres | 50.97 Cubic metres | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 76.03 Cubic metres | 127 Cubic metres | 50.97 Cubic metres | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 76.03 Cubic metres | 127 Cubic metres | 50.97 Cubic metres | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 76.03 Cubic metres | 127 Cubic metres | 50.97 Cubic metres | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher water accounts - assets — evaporation and actual evapotranspiration, Costa Rica or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 127 Cubic metres against 76.03 Cubic metres in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in water accounts - assets — evaporation and actual evapotranspiration between Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 50.97 Cubic metres, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and New Zealand?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and New Zealand rank globally for water accounts - assets — evaporation and actual evapotranspiration?
- Costa Rica ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 17th of 36 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Water accounts - assets — Evaporation and actual evapotranspiration. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Water flow accounts describe flows of water, in physical units, encompassing the initial abstraction of water resources from the environment into the economy, to the water flows within the economy in the form of supply and use by industries and households, and finally, flows of water back to the environment. Asset accounts for water resources focus on the inflows and outflows of water to and from the land surface and subsurface, and on the destination of these flows. They present information on the stock of water at the beginning and end of an accounting period. Data source(s): Joint OECD/Eurostat questionnaire on Inland Waters. Data for non-OECD countries is sourced from UNSD (https://unstats.un.org/unsd/envstats/country_files) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: August 7, 2026 Database documentation