Costa Rica vs Papua New Guinea: Capture fishery production, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.6357 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
0.757 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
101st
Papua New Guinea rank
98th
Capture fishery production, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 0.757 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.6357 metric tons per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1213 metric tons per square kilometre.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 98th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Papua New Guinea in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0657 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.033 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0327 metric tons per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.2904 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1481 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1423 metric tons per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.3261 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1187 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2074 metric tons per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.4013 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1512 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2501 metric tons per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.4963 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.5161 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0198 metric tons per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.2965 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6528 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3563 metric tons per square kilometre | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.5975 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.5913 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0062 metric tons per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher capture fishery production, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 0.757 metric tons per square kilometre against 0.6357 metric tons per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in capture fishery production, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.1213 metric tons per square kilometre, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Papua New Guinea rank globally for capture fishery production, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 101st and Papua New Guinea ranks 98th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Capture fishery production, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Capture fishery production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.