Bhutan vs Costa Rica: Forest area

Bhutan
27,310 sq. km
in 2023
Costa Rica
30,840 sq. km
in 2023
Bhutan rank
93rd
Costa Rica rank
90th

Forest area over time

  • Bhutan
  • Costa Rica
010.0k20.0k30.0k199020062023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 30,840 sq. km against 27,310 sq. km in Bhutan, a difference of 3,530 sq. km.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Bhutan's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.

Globally, Bhutan ranks 93rd 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.