Benin vs Costa Rica: Forest area

Benin
29,852 sq. km
in 2023
Costa Rica
30,840 sq. km
in 2023
Benin rank
91st
Costa Rica rank
90th

Forest area over time

  • Benin
  • Costa Rica
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k199020062023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 30,840 sq. km against 29,852 sq. km in Benin, a difference of 988.3 sq. km.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.

Globally, Benin ranks 91st and Costa Rica ranks 90th of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest area (sq. km)
Unit
sq. km
Source
FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 8,639 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.