Forest area in Costa Rica

Forest area in Costa Rica: 54% in 1990 and 59.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 59.1%
Since 1990: +5 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 32 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Costa Rica	World
2024	59.1	–
2023	59	31.1
2022	58.9	31.1
2021	58.9	31.2
2020	58.2	31.2
2019	58.1	31.2
2018	58.1	31.3
2017	58	31.3
2016	57.9	31.3
2015	57.9	31.4
2014	57.6	31.4
2013	57.3	31.4
2012	57	31.5
2011	56.7	31.9
2010	56.4	32
2009	56.4	32
2008	56.3	32
2007	56.2	32.1
2006	56.2	32.1
2005	56.1	32.1
2004	56.1	32.2
2003	56	32.3
2002	55.9	32.3
2001	55.9	32.3
2000	55.8	32.4
1999	55.6	32.5
1998	55.4	32.5
1997	55.3	32.6
1996	55.1	32.7
1995	54.9	32.7
1994	54.7	32.8
1993	54.6	32.8
1992	54.4	33
1991	54.2	–
1990	54	–

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The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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