Forest cover in Costa Rica
60.4%
% of land area · 2023
27th highest of 213 countries
In 2013: 57.2%
Nearby in the ranking
- Timor-Leste 61.7%
- Montenegro 61.5%
- Slovenia 61.2%
- Costa Rica 60.4%
- Zambia 59.5%
- Brazil 59.0%
- U.S. Virgin Is. 58.2%
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About the data
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.
- Unit
- % of land area
- Years
- 1990–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (AG.LND.FRST.ZS), CC BY 4.0