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Trees & air quality in Costa Rica
How much tree cover Costa Rica's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 60.4%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Puntarenas ProvinceAQI 44
5 cities in Costa Rica
San José
2 km radius
Limón
2 km around Limón
Tree cover
29%
2.2K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Liberia
2 km radius
Paraíso
2 km around Cartago Province
Tree cover
65%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Puntarenas
2 km around Puntarenas Province
Tree cover
12%
13.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Costa Rica as a whole
60.4% of Costa Rica was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. That already clears the benchmark — the city reports above show where cover is still thin locally. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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