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Colombia vs Costa Rica: Beach litter

Colombia
564,628 number
in 2022
Costa Rica
864,376 number
in 2022
Colombia rank
11th
Costa Rica rank
9th

Beach litter over time

  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 864,376 number against 564,628 number in Colombia, a difference of 299,748 number.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.5 times Colombia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 11th and Costa Rica ranks 9th of 71 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Beach litter
Unit
number
Source
United Nations Environment Programme – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
71 places, 425 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed

Beach litter per square kilometer (Number)