Costa Rica vs Greece: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0016 hectares per person
in 2025
Greece
0.0015 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
75th
Greece rank
77th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Greece
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.0016 hectares per person against 0.0015 hectares per person in Greece, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2002 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 75th and Greece ranks 77th of 206 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Greece in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Greece | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0005 hectares per person | Greece |
| 2010s | 0.0013 hectares per person | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0004 hectares per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0024 hectares per person | 0.001 hectares per person | Greece |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita, Costa Rica or Greece?
- Costa Rica, at 0.0016 hectares per person against 0.0015 hectares per person in Greece as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Costa Rica and Greece?
- 0.0001 hectares per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Greece?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Greece rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 75th and Greece ranks 77th of 206 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.