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Greenhouse gas emissions — Costa Rica

Greenhouse gas emissions in Costa Rica in 2024 — 14.98 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 65 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 462.4%.

2024 14.98 Mt CO₂e +1.05% vs 2023
World rank 65of 199
Period maximum 60.29 Mt CO₂e1972
Period minimum 2.4 Mt CO₂e1857

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Costa Rica, 1850–2024020406080185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.66 Mt CO₂e1853: 2.45 Mt CO₂e1856: 2.42 Mt CO₂e1859: 2.52 Mt CO₂e1862: 3.27 Mt CO₂e1865: 3.65 Mt CO₂e1868: 3.94 Mt CO₂e1871: 4.27 Mt CO₂e1874: 4.72 Mt CO₂e1877: 4.87 Mt CO₂e1880: 4.8 Mt CO₂e1883: 4.93 Mt CO₂e1886: 4.99 Mt CO₂e1889: 4.83 Mt CO₂e1892: 6.46 Mt CO₂e1895: 6.79 Mt CO₂e1898: 7.01 Mt CO₂e1901: 7.42 Mt CO₂e1904: 8.15 Mt CO₂e1907: 7.05 Mt CO₂e1910: 7.85 Mt CO₂e1913: 8.34 Mt CO₂e1916: 8.38 Mt CO₂e1919: 8.53 Mt CO₂e1922: 7.64 Mt CO₂e1925: 7.68 Mt CO₂e1928: 7.61 Mt CO₂e1931: 11.74 Mt CO₂e1934: 14.62 Mt CO₂e1937: 15.55 Mt CO₂e1940: 22.09 Mt CO₂e1943: 27.1 Mt CO₂e1946: 28.3 Mt CO₂e1949: 27.29 Mt CO₂e1952: 25.95 Mt CO₂e1955: 32.02 Mt CO₂e1958: 35.23 Mt CO₂e1961: 24.73 Mt CO₂e1964: 35.63 Mt CO₂e1967: 38.05 Mt CO₂e1970: 33.44 Mt CO₂e1973: 31.78 Mt CO₂e1976: 52.99 Mt CO₂e1979: 58.47 Mt CO₂e1982: 32.62 Mt CO₂e1985: 22.54 Mt CO₂e1988: 14.79 Mt CO₂e1991: 13.14 Mt CO₂e1994: 19.87 Mt CO₂e1997: 13.28 Mt CO₂e2000: 15.36 Mt CO₂e2003: 17.09 Mt CO₂e2006: 13.98 Mt CO₂e2009: 19.72 Mt CO₂e2012: 16.73 Mt CO₂e2015: 18.32 Mt CO₂e2018: 16.28 Mt CO₂e2021: 14.04 Mt CO₂e2024: 14.98 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +12.32 (+462.39%) Average annual rate: 1 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Costa Rica 14.98 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Latin America & Caribbean computed 5,256.94 Mt CO₂e
Central America computed 828.52 Mt CO₂e
Upper-middle-income countries computed 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 14.98 +0.16 +1.05%
2023 14.83 +0.94 +6.77%
2022 13.89 −0.16 −1.11%
2021 14.04 −0.28 −1.93%
2020 14.32 −1.7 −10.62%
2019 16.02 −0.26 −1.58%
2018 16.28 −1.72 −9.57%
2017 18 +0.31 +1.75%
2016 17.69 −0.63 −3.44%
2015 18.32 +1.74 +10.52%
2014 16.58 −1.07 −6.05%
2013 17.65 +0.92 +5.5%
2012 16.73 +0.37 +2.28%
2011 16.35 −1.83 −10.07%
2010 18.18 −1.54 −7.78%
2009 19.72 +0.23 +1.17%
2008 19.49 +3.2 +19.64%
2007 16.29 +2.31 +16.51%
2006 13.98 +0.93 +7.09%
2005 13.06 +0.25 +1.94%
2004 12.81 −4.28 −25.04%
2003 17.09 −0.75 −4.19%
2002 17.83 +2.31 +14.84%
2001 15.53 +0.17 +1.12%
2000 15.36 +1.87 +13.9%
1999 13.48 −0.12 −0.86%
1998 13.6 +0.32 +2.4%
1997 13.28 −2.16 −13.98%
1996 15.44 −0.36 −2.25%
1995 15.8 −4.07 −20.5%
1994 19.87 +5.52 +38.49%
1993 14.35 +1.28 +9.79%
1992 13.07 −0.07 −0.51%
1991 13.14 −1.84 −12.29%
1990 14.98 +2.12 +16.46%
1989 12.86 −1.93 −13.06%
1988 14.79 −3.77 −20.31%
1987 18.56 −1.4 −7.03%
1986 19.97 −2.58 −11.43%
1985 22.54 −4.64 −17.06%
1984 27.18 −20.77 −43.32%
1983 47.95 +15.33 +47%
1982 32.62 −25 −43.38%
1981 57.62 +2.38 +4.32%
1980 55.23 −3.24 −5.54%
1979 58.47 +2.13 +3.78%
1978 56.34 +4.52 +8.72%
1977 51.82 −1.17 −2.2%
1976 52.99 +4.08 +8.34%
1975 48.91 +4.83 +10.95%
1974 44.08 +12.3 +38.71%
1973 31.78 −28.51 −47.28%
1972 60.29 +35.8 +146.15%
1971 24.49 −8.94 −26.75%
1970 33.44 −7.66 −18.64%
1969 41.1 +0.75 +1.85%
1968 40.35 +2.31 +6.06%
1967 38.05 +12.92 +51.41%
1966 25.13 −15.04 −37.44%
1965 40.17 +4.54 +12.74%
1964 35.63 +4.32 +13.8%
1963 31.31 +9.78 +45.43%
1962 21.53 −3.2 −12.93%
1961 24.73 −1.48 −5.63%
1960 26.2 −16.32 −38.38%
1959 42.52 +7.29 +20.69%
1958 35.23 +0.41 +1.19%
1957 34.82 +2.19 +6.7%
1956 32.63 +0.62 +1.93%
1955 32.02 +1.96 +6.5%
1954 30.06 +1.15 +3.97%
1953 28.91 +2.96 +11.42%
1952 25.95 +0.18 +0.69%
1951 25.77 −1.84 −6.68%
1950 27.61 +0.33 +1.21%
1949 27.29 +1.72 +6.74%
1948 25.56 −1.05 −3.95%
1947 26.61 −1.69 −5.96%
1946 28.3 +3.52 +14.21%
1945 24.78 −1.94 −7.24%
1944 26.72 −0.39 −1.43%
1943 27.1 +0.89 +3.38%
1942 26.22 −0.16 −0.61%
1941 26.38 +4.28 +19.39%
1940 22.09 +4.32 +24.31%
1939 17.77 −1.7 −8.72%
1938 19.47 +3.92 +25.24%
1937 15.55 −1.88 −10.8%
1936 17.43 −0.28 −1.6%
1935 17.71 +3.09 +21.16%
1934 14.62 +1.13 +8.41%
1933 13.49 −1.99 −12.85%
1932 15.48 +3.73 +31.78%
1931 11.74 +2.07 +21.34%
1930 9.68 +2.13 +28.24%
1929 7.55 −0.06 −0.76%
1928 7.61 −0.08 −1.04%
1927 7.69 +0.78 +11.33%
1926 6.9 −0.78 −10.13%
1925 7.68 +0.64 +9.07%
1924 7.04 +0.07 +1.05%
1923 6.97 −0.67 −8.79%
1922 7.64 +0.09 +1.23%
1921 7.55 −1.38 −15.48%
1920 8.93 +0.4 +4.75%
1919 8.53 −0.84 −8.95%
1918 9.36 +0.72 +8.34%
1917 8.64 +0.26 +3.14%
1916 8.38 +0.02 +0.25%
1915 8.36 −0.63 −7.04%
1914 8.99 +0.65 +7.77%
1913 8.34 +0.77 +10.18%
1912 7.57 −1.6 −17.41%
1911 9.17 +1.32 +16.75%
1910 7.85 −0.58 −6.91%
1909 8.44 +1.14 +15.59%
1908 7.3 +0.25 +3.58%
1907 7.05 −1.02 −12.67%
1906 8.07 +0.4 +5.16%
1905 7.67 −0.47 −5.81%
1904 8.15 +0.98 +13.69%
1903 7.16 +0.02 +0.32%
1902 7.14 −0.28 −3.79%
1901 7.42 +0.26 +3.57%
1900 7.17 −0.06 −0.78%
1899 7.22 +0.21 +3.01%
1898 7.01 +0.2 +2.92%
1897 6.81 +0.03 +0.49%
1896 6.78 −0.01 −0.19%
1895 6.79 +0.26 +3.95%
1894 6.53 +0.11 +1.68%
1893 6.43 −0.04 −0.54%
1892 6.46 +0.46 +7.68%
1891 6 +0.4 +7.1%
1890 5.6 +0.77 +16.03%
1889 4.83 −0.18 −3.67%
1888 5.01 +0.02 +0.42%
1887 4.99 +0 +0%
1886 4.99 +0.08 +1.61%
1885 4.91 +0.18 +3.76%
1884 4.73 −0.19 −3.9%
1883 4.93 +0.08 +1.63%
1882 4.85 −0.2 −3.89%
1881 5.04 +0.24 +5%
1880 4.8 −0.14 −2.73%
1879 4.94 +0.09 +1.9%
1878 4.85 −0.02 −0.39%
1877 4.87 +0.08 +1.63%
1876 4.79 +0.05 +1.01%
1875 4.74 +0.02 +0.45%
1874 4.72 +0.14 +2.99%
1873 4.58 +0.01 +0.13%
1872 4.58 +0.31 +7.22%
1871 4.27 +0.15 +3.69%
1870 4.12 +0.08 +2.06%
1869 4.03 +0.1 +2.44%
1868 3.94 +0.26 +6.93%
1867 3.68 +0.12 +3.31%
1866 3.56 −0.08 −2.3%
1865 3.65 +0.08 +2.19%
1864 3.57 +0.03 +0.82%
1863 3.54 +0.27 +8.26%
1862 3.27 −0.01 −0.43%
1861 3.28 +0.21 +6.9%
1860 3.07 +0.55 +21.86%
1859 2.52 −0.03 −1.06%
1858 2.55 +0.15 +6.26%
1857 2.4 −0.03 −1.07%
1856 2.42 −0.09 −3.58%
1855 2.51 +0.09 +3.67%
1854 2.43 −0.02 −0.86%
1853 2.45 −0.07 −2.78%
1852 2.52 +0.02 +0.64%
1851 2.5 −0.16 −6.16%
1850 2.66 — —

Central America, 2024

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

BZ Belize 7.95 SV El Salvador 9.87 CR Costa Rica 14.98 PA Panama 21.15 HN Honduras 34.53 NI Nicaragua 38.64 GT Guatemala 65.67 MX Mexico 635.72
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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

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