Share of global forest area in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of global forest area in Costa Rica, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.1% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Costa Rica peaked at 0.1% in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
That places Costa Rica 94th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.08 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.33 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 4.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0273 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0074 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0131 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0288 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 1.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global forest area in Costa Rica?
- Share of global forest area in Costa Rica was 0.1% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global forest area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of global forest area?
- Costa Rica ranks 94th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.