Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 4,600 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Costa Rica stood at 4,600 1000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Costa Rica peaked at 4,682 1000 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,563 1000 ha, in 2022.
Costa Rica ranks 76th of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4,621 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 4,600 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,601 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,594 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 4,624 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 4,632 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 4,660 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 4,646 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 4,608 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 4,658 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 4,682 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 4,678 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 4,671 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 4,656 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 4,643 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 4,648 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 4,655 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 4,633 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 4,608 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4,579 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 4,598 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 4,563 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 4,579 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 4,600 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 4,600 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 10.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 4,600 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 2.5× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4,620 1000 ha | 4,594 1000 ha | 4,660 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 4,653 1000 ha | 4,608 1000 ha | 4,682 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,584 1000 ha | 4,563 1000 ha | 4,600 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
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)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3048 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Costa Rica?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Costa Rica was 4,600 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 4,682 1000 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,563 1000 ha in 2022.
- How does Costa Rica rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Costa Rica ranks 76th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 MODIS. 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.