Climate Change in Costa Rica

1,267 indicators covering climate change for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Forest fires — Emissions 0.0736 kt 2024 up 63.2% 55th
Other forest — Burning crop residues 75,425 t 2024 up 40.0% 47th
Other forest — Burned Area 1,497 ha 2024 up 40.0% 47th
Other forest — Emissions 0.1735 kt 2024 up 40.0% 47th
Other forest — Emissions 0.0158 kt 2024 up 39.8% 47th
Savanna fires — Burning crop residues 105,390 t 2024 down 23.0% 79th
Savanna fires — Burned Area 17,916 ha 2024 down 19.4% 82nd
Savanna fires — Emissions 0.2424 kt 2024 down 23.0% 79th
Savanna fires — Emissions 0.0221 kt 2024 down 23.0% 79th
Grassland — Burning crop residues 31,045 t 2024 up 11.8% 82nd
Grassland — Burned Area 6,029 ha 2024 up 12.4% 82nd
Grassland — Emissions 0.0714 kt 2024 up 11.7% 82nd
Grassland — Emissions 0.0065 kt 2024 up 12.1% 82nd
Savanna — Burning crop residues 32,476 t 2024 down 52.9% 70th
Savanna — Burned Area 4,639 ha 2024 down 53.2% 72nd
Savanna — Emissions 0.0747 kt 2024 down 52.9% 70th
Savanna — Emissions 0.0068 kt 2024 down 53.1% 70th
Woody savanna — Burning crop residues 41,870 t 2024 up 4.3% 49th
Woody savanna — Burned Area 7,248 ha 2024 up 4.3% 51st
Woody savanna — Emissions 0.0963 kt 2024 up 4.3% 49th
Woody savanna — Emissions 0.0088 kt 2024 up 4.8% 49th
Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues 74,345 t 2024 down 31.9% 66th
Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area 11,887 ha 2024 down 29.5% 67th
Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues 275,274 t 2024 up 71.2% 43rd
Humid tropical forest — Burned Area 5,088 ha 2024 up 71.2% 43rd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0.6331 kt 2024 up 71.2% 43rd
Humid tropical forest — Emissions 0.0578 kt 2024 up 71.0% 43rd
Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 34th
Closed shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 34th
Open shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 44th
Open shrubland — Emissions 0 kt 2024 44th
Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Emissions 0 kt 2024 5th
Fires in organic soils — Emissions 0 kt 2024 5th
Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues 0 t 2024 56th
Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area 0 ha 2024 56th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 44,433 t 2050 38th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 0.0031 kt 2050 38th
Sugar cane — Burning crop residues 0.12 kt 2050 38th
Soya beans — Crop residues 315.58 kg 1992 down 99.1% 94th
Soya beans — Crop residues 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% 90th
Soya beans — Crop residues 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% 90th
Soya beans — Crop residues 0 kt 1992 down 100.0% 80th
All Crops — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.5% 130th
All Crops — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 62.6% 120th
All Crops — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% 130th
All Crops — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 63.0% 120th
All Crops — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% 130th
All Crops — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 62.9% 120th
All Crops — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.2522 kg per person 2023 down 65.8% 130th
All Crops — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 25.22 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 62.9% 120th
Crop Residues — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% 130th
Crop Residues — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 62.9% 120th
Crop Residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 65.8% 130th
Crop Residues — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 62.9% 120th