Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 3,856 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Costa Rica, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica is 3,856 1000 ha, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica peaked at 3,859 1000 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 3,622 1000 ha, in 1997.
That places Costa Rica 85th out of 241 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,638 1000 ha | 3,622 1000 ha | 3,650 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 3,721 1000 ha | 3,671 1000 ha | 3,785 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,838 1000 ha | 3,795 1000 ha | 3,859 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,855 1000 ha | 3,853 1000 ha | 3,856 1000 ha | 3 |
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More environment data for Costa Rica
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 29.32 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 159.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 65.75 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,045 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 23.74 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 377.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 10.52 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 167.13 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Costa Rica was 3,856 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3,859 1000 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,622 1000 ha in 1997.
- How does Costa Rica rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Costa Rica ranks 85th out of 241 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.