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Costa Rica - Forest Area 1998

Name: Costa Rica Forest Area 1998
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Forest area as % of land area · World Bank

56.15% −0.10% from 1997 Global rank: 43rd

Costa Rica's forest area was 56.15% in 1998, decreased +0.10% from 56.25% in 1997. This was the 43rd highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1998▾

Forest Area by Country - 1998
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Suriname	95.62%	0.0%
2nd	Guyana	94.34%	0.0%
3rd	Equatorial Guinea	93.84%	-0.3%
4th	Gabon	92.03%	0.0%
5th	Micronesia, Federated States of	91.15%	0.0%
6th	Solomon Islands	90.71%	0.0%
7th	American Samoa	88.99%	-0.2%
8th	Liberia	86.00%	-0.4%
9th	Palau	85.42%	0.4%
10th	Papua New Guinea	80.16%	0.0%
11th	Guinea-Bissau	77.02%	-0.4%
12th	Brunei Darussalam	75.94%	-0.4%
13th	Lao PDR	75.86%	-0.2%
14th	Finland	73.32%	0.3%
15th	Seychelles	73.26%	0.0%
16th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	72.67%	0.4%
17th	Northern Mariana Islands	70.20%	-0.5%
18th	Sweden	69.09%	0.0%
19th	Japan	68.29%	0.0%
20th	Korea	67.29%	-0.1%
21st	Brazil	66.84%	-0.7%
22nd	Belize	65.21%	-0.9%
23rd	Congo, Republic of	65.06%	-0.1%
24th	Bhutan	64.98%	0.4%
25th	Dominica	64.48%	-0.5%
26th	Congo, Democratic Republic of	64.07%	-0.5%
27th	Timor-Leste	64.01%	-0.1%
28th	Zambia	63.39%	-0.1%
29th	Angola	62.58%	-0.2%
30th	Tanzania	61.43%	-0.7%
31st	Cambodia	61.33%	-0.2%
32nd	Honduras	60.95%	-0.3%
33rd	Samoa	60.87%	-0.3%
34th	São Tomé and Principe	60.85%	0.0%
35th	Virgin Islands (US)	60.81%	-1.9%
36th	Slovenia	60.77%	0.4%
37th	Malaysia	60.50%	-0.5%
38th	Panama	60.20%	-0.4%
39th	Paraguay	59.16%	-1.1%
40th	Peru	59.01%	-0.2%
41st	Indonesia	57.81%	-1.6%
42nd	Colombia	56.94%	-0.4%
43rd	Costa Rica	56.15%	-0.2%
44th	Ecuador	56.01%	10.7%
45th	Myanmar	54.68%	-1.2%
46th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	54.37%	-0.7%
47th	Fiji	54.36%	0.7%
48th	Cayman Islands	54.04%	-0.2%
49th	Mozambique	52.93%	-0.5%
50th	Estonia	52.66%	0.1%
51st	Marshall Islands	52.22%	0.0%
52nd	Grenada	52.06%	0.0%
53rd	Latvia	51.86%	0.2%
54th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	51.36%	-0.5%
55th	Bahamas, The	50.94%	0.0%
56th	Russian Federation	49.40%	0.0%
57th	Jamaica	48.11%	0.0%
58th	Zimbabwe	47.71%	-0.2%
59th	Nicaragua	46.53%	-1.8%
60th	Senegal	46.45%	-0.5%
61st	Austria	46.36%	0.2%
62nd	Trinidad and Tobago	46.34%	-0.2%
63rd	Cameroon	46.07%	-0.4%
64th	Puerto Rico (US)	45.93%	2.7%
65th	New Caledonia	45.76%	0.1%
66th	Guam	44.44%	0.0%
67th	St. Kitts and Nevis	42.31%	0.0%
68th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	41.63%	-0.5%
69th	Liechtenstein	41.63%	0.3%
70th	Sierra Leone	41.13%	-0.7%
71st	French Polynesia	40.36%	0.3%
72nd	Guatemala	40.35%	-1.3%
73rd	Belarus	40.30%	0.6%
74th	Nepal	40.27%	0.2%
75th	Ghana	39.83%	-1.2%
76th	Georgia	39.70%	0.0%
77th	Slovak Republic	39.53%	0.0%
78th	Dominican Republic	39.27%	2.0%
79th	Canada	38.80%	0.0%
80th	Benin	37.91%	-1.6%
81st	European Union	37.79%	0.4%
82nd	Thailand	37.33%	-0.2%
83rd	North Macedonia	37.30%	0.5%
84th	New Zealand	37.05%	0.5%
85th	Central African Republic	36.86%	-0.1%
86th	Gambia, The	36.44%	-1.5%
87th	Vanuatu	36.28%	0.0%
88th	Portugal	36.12%	-0.4%
89th	Mexico	35.40%	-0.3%
90th	Sri Lanka	35.13%	-0.8%
91st	Viet Nam	34.72%	2.2%
92nd	St. Lucia	34.53%	-0.1%
93rd	Czechia	34.11%	0.0%
94th	Andorra	34.04%	0.0%
95th	Croatia	33.59%	0.3%
96th	Malawi	33.58%	-1.3%
97th	Tuvalu	33.33%	0.0%
98th	Norway	33.17%	0.0%
99th	United States	33.12%	0.0%
100th	El Salvador	32.96%	-0.7%
101st	Spain	32.95%	2.0%
102nd	Germany	32.50%	0.1%
103rd	Lithuania	31.99%	0.4%
104th	Botswana	31.51%	-0.7%
105th	Bulgaria	30.42%	0.1%
106th	Switzerland	30.05%	0.4%
107th	Poland	29.46%	0.2%
108th	Guinea	28.48%	-0.5%
109th	Albania	28.22%	-0.3%
110th	France	28.05%	0.6%
111th	Italy	27.93%	1.0%
112th	Romania	27.73%	0.0%
113th	Nigeria	27.69%	-0.6%
114th	Greece	27.46%	0.9%
115th	Eswatini	27.38%	0.3%
116th	Burkina Faso	26.74%	-0.7%
117th	Türkiye	26.08%	0.2%
118th	Philippines	24.83%	-0.6%
119th	Singapore	24.74%	1.3%
120th	British Virgin Islands	24.52%	-0.1%
121st	Togo	23.66%	-0.7%
122nd	Comoros	22.87%	-1.0%
123rd	Madagascar	22.64%	-0.5%
124th	India	22.49%	0.5%
125th	Cuba	21.97%	1.6%
126th	Antigua and Barbuda	21.78%	-0.7%
127th	Hungary	21.15%	0.6%
128th	Chile	21.12%	0.4%
129th	Mauritius	20.57%	0.2%
130th	Bermuda	18.52%	0.0%
131st	China	18.43%	1.2%
132nd	Cyprus	18.35%	0.6%
133rd	Côte d'Ivoire	17.75%	-4.7%
134th	Australia	17.21%	-0.2%
135th	San Marino	16.67%	0.0%
136th	Ukraine	16.33%	0.3%
137th	Uganda	16.24%	-1.3%
138th	Bangladesh	14.75%	0.0%
139th	South Africa	14.72%	-0.2%
140th	Barbados	14.65%	0.0%
141st	Denmark	14.09%	0.7%
142nd	Haiti	13.83%	-0.1%
143rd	Lebanon	13.54%	-0.1%
144th	Tonga	12.43%	0.0%
145th	Argentina	12.33%	-0.5%
146th	Morocco	12.33%	0.0%
147th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	12.22%	-1.0%
148th	United Kingdom	12.06%	0.6%
149th	Rwanda	11.88%	-1.0%
150th	Azerbaijan	11.78%	0.6%
151st	Armenia	11.70%	-0.1%
152nd	Eritrea	11.14%	-0.3%
153rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	11.07%	0.0%
154th	Mali	10.90%	0.0%
155th	Netherlands	10.56%	0.4%
156th	Moldova	10.35%	0.6%
157th	Namibia	9.96%	-0.9%
158th	Mongolia	9.23%	-0.1%
159th	Turkmenistan	8.78%	0.0%
160th	Ireland	8.66%	2.9%
161st	Cabo Verde	8.65%	7.5%
162nd	Burundi	8.20%	-3.8%
163rd	Uruguay	7.17%	4.8%
164th	Kenya	6.92%	0.3%
165th	Israel	6.88%	1.4%
166th	Uzbekistan	6.77%	1.5%
167th	Kyrgyz Republic	6.11%	0.4%
168th	Isle of Man	6.07%	0.0%
169th	Pakistan	5.98%	-1.0%
170th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	5.69%	0.3%
171st	Chad	5.11%	-0.6%
172nd	Tunisia	4.27%	0.4%
173rd	Channel Islands	4.19%	0.0%
174th	United Arab Emirates	4.18%	2.2%
175th	Tajikistan	2.93%	0.0%
176th	Maldives	2.73%	0.0%
177th	Aruba	2.33%	0.0%
178th	Syrian Arab Republic	2.29%	1.4%
179th	Iraq	1.86%	0.2%
180th	Afghanistan	1.85%	0.0%
181st	West Bank and Gaza	1.51%	0.0%
182nd	Kiribati	1.46%	0.0%
183rd	Kazakhstan	1.17%	0.0%
184th	Niger	1.15%	-4.1%
185th	Lesotho	1.14%	0.0%
186th	Jordan	1.10%	0.0%
187th	Malta	1.09%	0.0%
188th	Yemen, Republic of	1.04%	0.0%
189th	Algeria	0.67%	-0.5%
190th	Bahrain	0.48%	4.6%
191st	Saudi Arabia	0.45%	0.0%
192nd	Mauritania	0.42%	-1.2%
193rd	Iceland	0.27%	4.9%
194th	Kuwait	0.26%	3.2%
195th	Djibouti	0.24%	0.0%
196th	Libya	0.12%	0.0%
197th	Faroe Islands	0.06%	0.0%
198th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	0.06%	2.8%
199th	Oman	0.01%	0.0%
200th	Greenland	0.00%	0.0%
201st	Gibraltar	0.00%	-
202nd	Monaco	0.00%	-
203rd	Nauru	0.00%	-
204th	Qatar	0.00%	-

FAQ

What was Costa Rica's forest area in 1998?▾

Costa Rica's forest area in 1998 was 56.15%. This ranked 43rd globally.

How did Costa Rica's forest area change in 1998?▾

Costa Rica's forest area decreased by 0.2% in 1998 compared to 1997.

Which country had the highest forest area in 1998?▾

Suriname had the highest forest area in 1998 at 95.62%.

What is the forest area of Costa Rica in 1998?▾

The forest area of Costa Rica in 1998 was 56.15%. This ranked 43rd globally.

How does 1998 compare to 1997 for Costa Rica's forest area?▾

Costa Rica's forest area went from 56.25% in 1997 to 56.15% in 1998, a 0.2% decrease.

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