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Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Costa Rica

Greenhouse gases excluding land use in Costa Rica in 2024 — 11.56 Mt. Ranked 79 in the world out of 198. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 27,411.9%.

2024 11.56 Mt +3% vs 2023
World rank 79of 198
Period maximum 11.56 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.04 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Costa Rica, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.04 Mt1853: 0.04 Mt1856: 0.05 Mt1859: 0.05 Mt1862: 0.05 Mt1865: 0.05 Mt1868: 0.05 Mt1871: 0.06 Mt1874: 0.06 Mt1877: 0.07 Mt1880: 0.07 Mt1883: 0.07 Mt1886: 0.08 Mt1889: 0.09 Mt1892: 0.13 Mt1895: 0.12 Mt1898: 0.14 Mt1901: 0.14 Mt1904: 0.15 Mt1907: 0.19 Mt1910: 0.23 Mt1913: 0.25 Mt1916: 0.2 Mt1919: 0.18 Mt1922: 0.16 Mt1925: 0.17 Mt1928: 0.19 Mt1931: 0.19 Mt1934: 0.19 Mt1937: 0.22 Mt1940: 0.23 Mt1943: 0.25 Mt1946: 0.27 Mt1949: 0.3 Mt1952: 0.73 Mt1955: 0.72 Mt1958: 0.86 Mt1961: 0.94 Mt1964: 1.17 Mt1967: 1.42 Mt1970: 1.84 Mt1973: 2.74 Mt1976: 2.88 Mt1979: 3.69 Mt1982: 3.03 Mt1985: 3.3 Mt1988: 4.08 Mt1991: 4.66 Mt1994: 6.88 Mt1997: 6.85 Mt2000: 7.25 Mt2003: 8.66 Mt2006: 8.82 Mt2009: 9.72 Mt2012: 9.42 Mt2015: 9.73 Mt2018: 10.45 Mt2021: 10.3 Mt2024: 11.56 Mt
Change over the period: +11.51 (+27,411.9%) Average annual rate: 3.28 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Costa Rica 11.56 Mt
World computed 43,694.41 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 2,235.51 Mt
Central America computed 646.97 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 19,924.67 Mt
Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 11.56 +0.34 +3%
2023 11.22 +0.52 +4.84%
2022 10.7 +0.4 +3.92%
2021 10.3 +0.98 +10.51%
2020 9.32 −0.89 −8.67%
2019 10.2 −0.25 −2.38%
2018 10.45 +0.02 +0.15%
2017 10.44 +0.19 +1.89%
2016 10.24 +0.51 +5.25%
2015 9.73 −0.3 −2.96%
2014 10.03 +0.17 +1.77%
2013 9.85 +0.44 +4.64%
2012 9.42 −0 −0.01%
2011 9.42 −0.15 −1.56%
2010 9.57 −0.15 −1.58%
2009 9.72 −0.2 −2.06%
2008 9.92 +0.06 +0.57%
2007 9.87 +1.05 +11.87%
2006 8.82 +0.28 +3.24%
2005 8.54 −0.49 −5.43%
2004 9.04 +0.37 +4.28%
2003 8.66 +0.44 +5.29%
2002 8.23 +0.66 +8.76%
2001 7.57 +0.31 +4.33%
2000 7.25 −0.16 −2.17%
1999 7.41 +0.25 +3.42%
1998 7.17 +0.32 +4.7%
1997 6.85 +0.33 +5.08%
1996 6.52 +0.01 +0.14%
1995 6.51 −0.37 −5.42%
1994 6.88 +1.38 +25.1%
1993 5.5 +0.23 +4.37%
1992 5.27 +0.61 +13.02%
1991 4.66 +0.44 +10.29%
1990 4.23 +0.05 +1.27%
1989 4.17 +0.1 +2.33%
1988 4.08 +0.25 +6.58%
1987 3.83 +0.15 +4.16%
1986 3.67 +0.37 +11.27%
1985 3.3 +0.29 +9.7%
1984 3.01 −0.06 −2.02%
1983 3.07 +0.04 +1.39%
1982 3.03 −0.15 −4.78%
1981 3.18 −0.2 −5.77%
1980 3.38 −0.31 −8.51%
1979 3.69 −0.09 −2.46%
1978 3.78 +0.34 +9.94%
1977 3.44 +0.56 +19.35%
1976 2.88 +0.07 +2.52%
1975 2.81 +0.17 +6.31%
1974 2.65 −0.1 −3.57%
1973 2.74 +0.31 +12.51%
1972 2.44 +0.27 +12.24%
1971 2.17 +0.34 +18.23%
1970 1.84 +0.11 +6.49%
1969 1.73 +0.13 +8.01%
1968 1.6 +0.18 +12.54%
1967 1.42 −0.1 −6.7%
1966 1.52 +0.16 +11.99%
1965 1.36 +0.19 +16.05%
1964 1.17 +0.09 +8.13%
1963 1.08 +0.07 +6.49%
1962 1.02 +0.07 +7.85%
1961 0.94 +0.01 +1.4%
1960 0.93 +0.12 +14.96%
1959 0.81 −0.05 −5.71%
1958 0.86 −0 −0.23%
1957 0.86 −0.01 −1.04%
1956 0.87 +0.15 +20.69%
1955 0.72 −0.05 −6.13%
1954 0.77 −0.02 −1.92%
1953 0.78 +0.06 +7.57%
1952 0.73 +0.09 +13.59%
1951 0.64 +0.04 +5.79%
1950 0.61 +0.31 +102.34%
1949 0.3 +0 +0.67%
1948 0.3 +0.02 +5.69%
1947 0.28 +0.01 +2.93%
1946 0.27 +0.01 +2.63%
1945 0.27 +0 +1.14%
1944 0.26 +0.02 +6.05%
1943 0.25 +0.01 +3.33%
1942 0.24 +0.01 +3.9%
1941 0.23 +0 +1.76%
1940 0.23 +0.01 +3.65%
1939 0.22 +0.01 +2.82%
1938 0.21 −0 −1.39%
1937 0.22 +0.01 +6.4%
1936 0.2 −0 −1.46%
1935 0.21 +0.01 +6.19%
1934 0.19 +0 +2.11%
1933 0.19 −0 −1.04%
1932 0.19 +0.01 +2.67%
1931 0.19 −0 −1.06%
1930 0.19 −0.01 −3.08%
1929 0.2 +0 +1.56%
1928 0.19 +0.02 +12.28%
1927 0.17 +0 +0.59%
1926 0.17 +0 +0.59%
1925 0.17 −0 −1.74%
1924 0.17 +0 +1.78%
1923 0.17 +0.01 +3.05%
1922 0.16 −0 −1.2%
1921 0.17 −0.02 −12.63%
1920 0.19 +0.01 +3.26%
1919 0.18 +0.03 +19.48%
1918 0.15 −0.02 −10.98%
1917 0.17 −0.03 −14.78%
1916 0.2 −0.01 −4.69%
1915 0.21 −0.03 −10.88%
1914 0.24 −0.01 −4.02%
1913 0.25 +0 +0.81%
1912 0.25 +0 +1.65%
1911 0.24 +0.02 +6.58%
1910 0.23 +0.05 +26.67%
1909 0.18 −0.04 −16.28%
1908 0.22 +0.03 +15.59%
1907 0.19 −0.01 −6.06%
1906 0.2 +0.05 +37.5%
1905 0.14 −0.01 −4.64%
1904 0.15 −0 −0.66%
1903 0.15 +0.02 +13.43%
1902 0.13 −0.01 −4.96%
1901 0.14 +0 +2.92%
1900 0.14 +0 +1.48%
1899 0.14 −0 −0.74%
1898 0.14 +0.01 +8.8%
1897 0.13 −0 −0.79%
1896 0.13 +0.01 +4.13%
1895 0.12 −0 −3.2%
1894 0.13 +0 +2.46%
1893 0.12 −0.01 −3.94%
1892 0.13 +0.03 +25.74%
1891 0.1 −0 −0.98%
1890 0.1 +0.01 +14.61%
1889 0.09 +0.01 +7.23%
1888 0.08 +0 +1.22%
1887 0.08 +0 +0%
1886 0.08 +0 +3.8%
1885 0.08 +0 +2.6%
1884 0.08 +0 +4.05%
1883 0.07 +0 +2.78%
1882 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1881 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1880 0.07 +0 +1.45%
1879 0.07 +0 +1.47%
1878 0.07 +0 +3.03%
1877 0.07 +0 +3.13%
1876 0.06 +0 +1.59%
1875 0.06 +0 +3.28%
1874 0.06 +0 +1.67%
1873 0.06 +0 +1.69%
1872 0.06 +0 +3.51%
1871 0.06 +0 +1.79%
1870 0.06 +0 +1.82%
1869 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1868 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1867 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1866 0.05 +0 +0%
1865 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1864 0.05 +0 +2%
1863 0.05 +0 +2.04%
1862 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1861 0.05 +0 +0%
1860 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1859 0.05 +0 +0%
1858 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1857 0.05 +0 +0%
1856 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1855 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1854 0.04 +0 +0%
1853 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1852 0.04 +0 +0%
1851 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1850 0.04 — —

Central America, 2024

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

BZ Belize 1.15 NI Nicaragua 7.85 SV El Salvador 10.87 CR Costa Rica 11.56 PA Panama 14.59 HN Honduras 17.36 GT Guatemala 32.28 MX Mexico 551.31
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry. The split is essential for comparing countries: in Brazil and Indonesia the contribution of deforestation is comparable to the whole of the rest of the economy, while for most developed countries land use comes out negative — forests are growing and absorb more than they release. The same list of countries therefore looks different under the two versions of the indicator.

Important: The difference from total greenhouse gases is exactly the contribution of land use — and it can be negative if a country's forests absorb more than they lose.

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

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