Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita
Costa Rica
0.0016 hectares per person
in 2025
Papua New Guinea
0.0017 hectares per person
in 2025
Costa Rica rank
75th
Papua New Guinea rank
74th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0016 hectares per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0001 hectares per person.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
Across all 24 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 75th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th of 206 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0009 hectares per person | 0.0073 hectares per person | 0.0064 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.0013 hectares per person | 0.0048 hectares per person | 0.0035 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.0014 hectares per person | 0.0028 hectares per person | 0.0014 hectares per person | Papua New Guinea |
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 Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.0017 hectares per person against 0.0016 hectares per person in Costa Rica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.0001 hectares per person, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 24 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2025.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 75th and Papua New Guinea ranks 74th 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.