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Costa Rica: Forest area (% of land area)

59.06percent · 2024+2.6% since 2014

Forest area (% of land area) is the share of total land area that is under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202459.061
202358.991
202258.922
202158.852
202058.207
201958.138
201858.069
201758
201657.931
201557.863
201457.574
201357.285
201256.996
201156.708
201056.419
200956.357
200856.295
200756.233
200656.171
200556.108
200456.046
200355.984
200255.922
200155.86
200055.798
199955.621
199855.444
199755.268
199655.091
199554.914
199454.737
199354.56
199254.383
199154.206
199054.029

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Forest area (% of land area). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-forest-area-zs (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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