Costa Rica vs Mauritania: Breakdown of habitable land area

Costa Rica

17,820 hectares

in 2019

Mauritania

19,930 hectares

in 2019

Costa Rica rank

139th

Mauritania rank

136th

Breakdown of habitable land area over time

Mauritania currently reports 19,930 hectares against 17,820 hectares in Costa Rica, a difference of 2,110 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 139th and Mauritania ranks 136th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Breakdown of habitable land area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 1,175 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Habitable land is defined as ice- and barren-free land. Agricultural land is the sum of croplands and pasture for grazing.