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Share of cumulative CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of cumulative CO2 emissions — Costa Rica

Share of cumulative CO2 emissions in Costa Rica in 2024 — 0.015%. Ranked 95 in the world out of 214. Since 1870, the indicator has risen by 0.015 pp.

2024 0.015% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 95of 214
Period maximum 0.015%2017
Period minimum 0%1870

Trend over time

1870–2024 · % of cumulative emissions

Share of cumulative CO2 emissions — Costa Rica, 1870–202400.0050.010.015187018861902191819341950196619821998201420241870: 0%1873: 0%1876: 0%1879: 0%1882: 0%1885: 0%1888: 0%1891: 0%1894: 0%1897: 0.001%1900: 0.001%1903: 0.001%1906: 0.001%1909: 0.001%1912: 0.001%1915: 0.002%1918: 0.001%1921: 0.001%1924: 0.001%1927: 0.001%1930: 0.001%1933: 0.001%1936: 0.001%1939: 0.001%1942: 0.001%1945: 0.001%1948: 0.001%1951: 0.001%1954: 0.001%1957: 0.002%1960: 0.002%1963: 0.002%1966: 0.003%1969: 0.003%1972: 0.004%1975: 0.005%1978: 0.006%1981: 0.006%1984: 0.007%1987: 0.007%1990: 0.008%1993: 0.008%1996: 0.009%1999: 0.01%2002: 0.011%2005: 0.012%2008: 0.013%2011: 0.013%2014: 0.014%2017: 0.015%2020: 0.015%2023: 0.015%2024: 0.015%
Change over the period: +0.015 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Costa Rica

Costa Rica 0.015%
World computed 97.503%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 4.186%
Central America computed 1.296%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 25.189%
Share of cumulative CO2 emissions — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.015 +0 pp
2023 0.015 +0 pp
2022 0.015 +0 pp
2021 0.015 +0 pp
2020 0.015 +0 pp
2019 0.015 +0 pp
2018 0.015 +0 pp
2017 0.015 +0.001 pp
2016 0.014 +0 pp
2015 0.014 +0 pp
2014 0.014 +0 pp
2013 0.014 +0 pp
2012 0.014 +0.001 pp
2011 0.013 +0 pp
2010 0.013 +0 pp
2009 0.013 +0 pp
2008 0.013 +0.001 pp
2007 0.012 +0 pp
2006 0.012 +0 pp
2005 0.012 +0 pp
2004 0.012 +0.001 pp
2003 0.011 +0 pp
2002 0.011 +0 pp
2001 0.011 +0.001 pp
2000 0.01 +0 pp
1999 0.01 +0 pp
1998 0.01 +0.001 pp
1997 0.009 +0 pp
1996 0.009 +0 pp
1995 0.009 +0 pp
1994 0.009 +0.001 pp
1993 0.008 +0 pp
1992 0.008 +0 pp
1991 0.008 +0 pp
1990 0.008 +0.001 pp
1989 0.007 +0 pp
1988 0.007 +0 pp
1987 0.007 +0 pp
1986 0.007 +0 pp
1985 0.007 +0 pp
1984 0.007 +0 pp
1983 0.007 +0.001 pp
1982 0.006 +0 pp
1981 0.006 +0 pp
1980 0.006 +0 pp
1979 0.006 +0 pp
1978 0.006 +0.001 pp
1977 0.005 +0 pp
1976 0.005 +0 pp
1975 0.005 +0.001 pp
1974 0.004 +0 pp
1973 0.004 +0 pp
1972 0.004 +0 pp
1971 0.004 +0.001 pp
1970 0.003 +0 pp
1969 0.003 +0 pp
1968 0.003 +0 pp
1967 0.003 +0 pp
1966 0.003 +0 pp
1965 0.003 +0.001 pp
1964 0.002 +0 pp
1963 0.002 +0 pp
1962 0.002 +0 pp
1961 0.002 +0 pp
1960 0.002 +0 pp
1959 0.002 +0 pp
1958 0.002 +0 pp
1957 0.002 +0 pp
1956 0.002 +0.001 pp
1955 0.001 +0 pp
1954 0.001 +0 pp
1953 0.001 +0 pp
1952 0.001 +0 pp
1951 0.001 +0 pp
1950 0.001 +0 pp
1949 0.001 +0 pp
1948 0.001 +0 pp
1947 0.001 +0 pp
1946 0.001 +0 pp
1945 0.001 +0 pp
1944 0.001 +0 pp
1943 0.001 +0 pp
1942 0.001 +0 pp
1941 0.001 +0 pp
1940 0.001 +0 pp
1939 0.001 +0 pp
1938 0.001 +0 pp
1937 0.001 +0 pp
1936 0.001 +0 pp
1935 0.001 +0 pp
1934 0.001 +0 pp
1933 0.001 +0 pp
1932 0.001 +0 pp
1931 0.001 +0 pp
1930 0.001 +0 pp
1929 0.001 +0 pp
1928 0.001 +0 pp
1927 0.001 +0 pp
1926 0.001 +0 pp
1925 0.001 +0 pp
1924 0.001 +0 pp
1923 0.001 +0 pp
1922 0.001 +0 pp
1921 0.001 +0 pp
1920 0.001 +0 pp
1919 0.001 +0 pp
1918 0.001 −0.001 pp
1917 0.002 +0 pp
1916 0.002 +0 pp
1915 0.002 +0 pp
1914 0.002 +0.001 pp
1913 0.001 +0 pp
1912 0.001 +0 pp
1911 0.001 +0 pp
1910 0.001 +0 pp
1909 0.001 +0 pp
1908 0.001 +0 pp
1907 0.001 +0 pp
1906 0.001 +0 pp
1905 0.001 +0 pp
1904 0.001 +0 pp
1903 0.001 +0 pp
1902 0.001 +0 pp
1901 0.001 +0 pp
1900 0.001 +0 pp
1899 0.001 +0 pp
1898 0.001 +0 pp
1897 0.001 +0.001 pp
1896 0 +0 pp
1895 0 +0 pp
1894 0 +0 pp
1893 0 +0 pp
1892 0 +0 pp
1891 0 +0 pp
1890 0 +0 pp
1889 0 +0 pp
1888 0 +0 pp
1887 0 +0 pp
1886 0 +0 pp
1885 0 +0 pp
1884 0 +0 pp
1883 0 +0 pp
1882 0 +0 pp
1881 0 +0 pp
1880 0 +0 pp
1879 0 +0 pp
1878 0 +0 pp
1877 0 +0 pp
1876 0 +0 pp
1875 0 +0 pp
1874 0 +0 pp
1873 0 +0 pp
1872 0 +0 pp
1871 0 +0 pp
1870 0 —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BZ Belize 0.001 NI Nicaragua 0.011 SV El Salvador 0.014 CR Costa Rica 0.015 HN Honduras 0.017 PA Panama 0.019 GT Guatemala 0.028 MX Mexico 1.191
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About the indicator

A country's share of total global carbon dioxide emissions since 1750. It is cumulative emissions rather than annual ones that determine the concentration of CO2 reached in the atmosphere, because carbon dioxide remains there for centuries. This measure, not the current share, is what stands behind the notion of historical responsibility: a few countries that began burning coal in the 19th century have built up a contribution out of all proportion to their present weight in emissions.

Important: Borders have shifted over 250 years, and emissions are assigned to the present-day borders of the territory where they occurred — comparisons with colonial empires on this measure are therefore not entirely sound.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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