Land use hidden — Forest in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Land use hidden — Forest was 30,840 Square kilometres in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land use hidden — Forest in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Square kilometres.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 30,840 Square kilometres for land use hidden — forest in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — forest in Costa Rica peaked at 30,840 Square kilometres in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,572 Square kilometres, in 2000.
Costa Rica ranks 83rd of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28,848 Square kilometres | 28,622 Square kilometres | 29,074 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,635 Square kilometres | 28,572 Square kilometres | 28,698 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,448 Square kilometres | 28,712 Square kilometres | 30,185 Square kilometres | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,594 Square kilometres | 30,349 Square kilometres | 30,840 Square kilometres | 4 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 20.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4173 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.64 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — forest in Costa Rica?
- Land use hidden — forest in Costa Rica was 30,840 Square kilometres in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest land use hidden — forest recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 30,840 Square kilometres in 2023.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — forest recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,572 Square kilometres in 2000.
- How does Costa Rica rank for land use hidden — forest?
- Costa Rica ranks 83rd out of 199 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — forest rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Land use hidden — Forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Land resources are one of the four components of the natural environment: water, air, land and living resources. In this context land is both: a physical "milieu" necessary for the development of natural vegetation as well as cultivated vegetation; a resource for human activities. The data presented here give information concerning land use state and changes (e.g. agricultural land, forest land). Data source(s): Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N., (FAOSTAT) Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: June 3, 2024 Database documentation Countries metadata