Carbon intensity of electricity in Costa Rica in 2025 — 24 g/kWh. Ranked 2 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 20.9%.
2000–2025 · grams CO₂ per kWh
| Year | g/kWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | −1 | −4.95% |
| 2024 | 25 | +1 | +2.91% |
| 2023 | 25 | +1 | +2.57% |
| 2022 | 24 | −2 | −6.94% |
| 2021 | 26 | −1 | −5.05% |
| 2020 | 27 | −4 | −13.39% |
| 2019 | 32 | −3 | −9.87% |
| 2018 | 35 | +7 | +23.26% |
| 2017 | 28 | −10 | −26.64% |
| 2016 | 39 | +5 | +15.67% |
| 2015 | 33 | −60 | −64.21% |
| 2014 | 93 | −10 | −9.35% |
| 2013 | 103 | +23 | +28.61% |
| 2012 | 80 | −4 | −4.73% |
| 2011 | 84 | +15 | +21.18% |
| 2010 | 69 | +11 | +18.75% |
| 2009 | 58 | −14 | −19.21% |
| 2008 | 72 | −6 | −7.2% |
| 2007 | 78 | +11 | +15.84% |
| 2006 | 67 | +20 | +41.31% |
| 2005 | 48 | +16 | +51.99% |
| 2004 | 31 | −8 | −21.14% |
| 2003 | 40 | +3 | +9.18% |
| 2002 | 36 | +2 | +4.63% |
| 2001 | 35 | +4 | +13.62% |
| 2000 | 31 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector per kilowatt-hour of generation. A single number into which the whole structure of generation folds: a coal plant gives about 820 grams per kilowatt-hour, a gas plant roughly 490, and nuclear, wind and solar single digits. The indicator therefore reads as a summary verdict on a power system and is especially useful for comparing countries with different generation mixes: one may have a lot of hydro and another nuclear, yet the result comes out close.
Important: Emissions from generating electricity are counted, without emissions from building the plants and extracting the fuel. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.
Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.
How much carbon dioxide the electricity sector of a country emits in a year.
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