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Costa Rica - Forest Area 1990

Name: Costa Rica Forest Area 1990
Creator: World Bank
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

56.94% Global rank: 40th

Costa Rica's forest area was 56.94% in 1990. This was the 40th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1990▾

Forest Area by Country - 1990
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Equatorial Guinea	96.23%	-
2nd	Suriname	95.81%	-
3rd	Guyana	94.50%	-
4th	Gabon	92.22%	-
5th	Solomon Islands	90.92%	-
6th	American Samoa	90.35%	-
7th	Liberia	88.51%	-
8th	Papua New Guinea	80.38%	-
9th	Guinea-Bissau	79.42%	-
10th	Brunei Darussalam	78.37%	-
11th	Lao PDR	77.31%	-
12th	Seychelles	73.26%	-
13th	Finland	71.82%	-
14th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	70.62%	-
15th	Brazil	70.46%	-
16th	Belize	70.15%	-
17th	Virgin Islands (US)	70.11%	-
18th	Sweden	68.89%	-
19th	Japan	68.43%	-
20th	Korea	67.91%	-
21st	Dominica	67.08%	-
22nd	Congo, Democratic Republic of	66.44%	-
23rd	Indonesia	65.44%	-
24th	Congo, Republic of	65.34%	-
25th	Tanzania	64.79%	-
26th	Timor-Leste	64.77%	-
27th	Paraguay	64.30%	-
28th	Zambia	63.78%	-
29th	Angola	63.58%	-
30th	Malaysia	62.76%	-
31st	Honduras	62.45%	-
32nd	Cambodia	62.34%	-
33rd	Samoa	62.24%	-
34th	Panama	61.98%	-
35th	São Tomé and Principe	61.06%	-
36th	Myanmar	60.01%	-
37th	Peru	59.73%	-
38th	Colombia	58.55%	-
39th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	57.40%	-
40th	Costa Rica	56.94%	-
41st	Mozambique	55.16%	-
42nd	Cayman Islands	54.71%	-
43rd	Bhutan	53.65%	-
44th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	53.36%	-
45th	Nicaragua	53.18%	-
46th	Ecuador	52.85%	-
47th	Grenada	52.06%	-
48th	Fiji	51.43%	-
49th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	-
50th	Zimbabwe	48.67%	-
51st	Senegal	48.32%	-
52nd	Jamaica	48.13%	-
53rd	Cameroon	47.60%	-
54th	Trinidad and Tobago	47.19%	-
55th	Austria	45.75%	-
56th	New Caledonia	45.47%	-
57th	Guatemala	44.62%	-
58th	Guam	44.44%	-
59th	Ghana	43.62%	-
60th	Sierra Leone	43.32%	-
61st	Benin	42.88%	-
62nd	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	-
63rd	Gambia, The	40.97%	-
64th	Liechtenstein	40.63%	-
65th	Nepal	39.66%	-
66th	French Polynesia	39.46%	-
67th	Canada	38.85%	-
68th	Thailand	37.90%	-
69th	Sri Lanka	37.48%	-
70th	Central African Republic	37.25%	-
71st	Portugal	37.15%	-
72nd	Malawi	37.14%	-
73rd	Mexico	36.31%	-
74th	Vanuatu	36.28%	-
75th	Puerto Rico (US)	36.11%	-
76th	European Union	36.05%	-
77th	New Zealand	35.59%	-
78th	St. Lucia	34.87%	-
79th	El Salvador	34.69%	-
80th	Andorra	34.04%	-
81st	Tuvalu	33.33%	-
82nd	Norway	33.22%	-
83rd	Botswana	33.18%	-
84th	United States	33.02%	-
85th	Dominican Republic	33.01%	-
86th	Germany	32.37%	-
87th	Bulgaria	30.07%	-
88th	Guinea	29.61%	-
89th	Switzerland	29.18%	-
90th	Nigeria	29.12%	-
91st	Poland	29.00%	-
92nd	Viet Nam	28.81%	-
93rd	Albania	28.79%	-
94th	Burkina Faso	28.20%	-
95th	Spain	27.84%	-
96th	Romania	27.78%	-
97th	Eswatini	26.81%	-
98th	France	26.79%	-
99th	Philippines	26.09%	-
100th	Italy	25.81%	-
101st	Türkiye	25.71%	-
102nd	Greece	25.59%	-
103rd	Togo	25.04%	-
104th	Comoros	24.75%	-
105th	British Virgin Islands	24.73%	-
106th	Côte d'Ivoire	24.69%	-
107th	Madagascar	23.55%	-
108th	Antigua and Barbuda	22.98%	-
109th	Singapore	22.13%	-
110th	India	21.50%	-
111th	Chile	20.50%	-
112th	Mauritius	20.23%	-
113th	Hungary	20.18%	-
114th	Cuba	19.16%	-
115th	Bermuda	18.52%	-
116th	Uganda	17.89%	-
117th	Cyprus	17.44%	-
118th	Australia	17.43%	-
119th	China	16.74%	-
120th	San Marino	16.67%	-
121st	South Africa	14.96%	-
122nd	Bangladesh	14.75%	-
123rd	Barbados	14.65%	-
124th	Haiti	13.89%	-
125th	Lebanon	13.66%	-
126th	Denmark	13.29%	-
127th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	13.20%	-
128th	Argentina	12.86%	-
129th	Rwanda	12.85%	-
130th	Tonga	12.43%	-
131st	Morocco	12.29%	-
132nd	United Kingdom	11.48%	-
133rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	-
134th	Mali	10.90%	-
135th	Burundi	10.77%	-
136th	Namibia	10.65%	-
137th	Netherlands	10.23%	-
138th	Mongolia	9.27%	-
139th	Kenya	6.78%	-
140th	Ireland	6.70%	-
141st	Pakistan	6.47%	-
142nd	Israel	6.10%	-
143rd	Isle of Man	6.07%	-
144th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	5.57%	-
145th	Chad	5.34%	-
146th	Uruguay	4.56%	-
147th	Channel Islands	4.19%	-
148th	Tunisia	4.15%	-
149th	Cabo Verde	3.82%	-
150th	United Arab Emirates	3.45%	-
151st	Maldives	2.73%	-
152nd	Aruba	2.33%	-
153rd	Syrian Arab Republic	2.02%	-
154th	Afghanistan	1.85%	-
155th	Iraq	1.84%	-
156th	Niger	1.54%	-
157th	West Bank and Gaza	1.51%	-
158th	Kiribati	1.46%	-
159th	Lesotho	1.14%	-
160th	Jordan	1.10%	-
161st	Malta	1.09%	-
162nd	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	-
163rd	Algeria	0.70%	-
164th	Mauritania	0.46%	-
165th	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	-
166th	Bahrain	0.32%	-
167th	Djibouti	0.24%	-
168th	Kuwait	0.19%	-
169th	Iceland	0.17%	-
170th	Libya	0.12%	-
171st	Faroe Islands	0.06%	-
172nd	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.04%	-
173rd	Oman	0.01%	-
174th	Greenland	0.00%	-
175th	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
176th	Monaco	0.00%	-
177th	Nauru	0.00%	-
178th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's forest area in 1990?▾

Costa Rica's forest area in 1990 was 56.94%. This ranked 40th globally.

Which country had the highest forest area in 1990?▾

Equatorial Guinea had the highest forest area in 1990 at 96.23%.

What is the forest area of Costa Rica in 1990?▾

The forest area of Costa Rica in 1990 was 56.94%. This ranked 40th globally.

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