Forest land — Share in Land area in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Forest land — Share in Land area was 59.06 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Costa Rica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — share in land area in Costa Rica is 59.06 %, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Costa Rica peaked at 59.06 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54.03 %, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 30th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 54.83 % | 54.03 % | 55.62 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 56.08 % | 55.8 % | 56.36 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.5 % | 56.42 % | 58.14 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.81 % | 58.21 % | 59.06 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 27 Fiji 61.74 % compare
- 28 Montenegro 61.49 % compare
- 29 Zambia 60.5 % compare
- 31 United States Virgin Islands 58.94 % compare
- 32 Brazil 58.55 % compare
- 33 Montserrat 23.73 % compare
- 33 Seychelles 58.51 % compare
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 110,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 281,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 971 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 221 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 21,862 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 37,676 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 353,976 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Costa Rica?
- Forest land — share in land area in Costa Rica was 59.06 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 59.06 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.03 % in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.