Climate Change in Costa Rica

1,247 indicators covering climate change for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.71 tonnes per person 2024 up 5.7% 139th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change -0.0% 2024 down 165.0% 167th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change 2.26 billion tonnes 2024 up 0.4% 64th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change 0.2% 2024 down 5.2% 64th
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change 0.0% 2024 down 23.3% 141st
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 2.49 billion tonnes 2024 up 3.6% 93rd
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 0.1% 2024 down 12.1% 93rd
Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 1.71 tonnes per person 2024 up 5.7% 139th
Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.68 2024 up 165.3% 132nd
Annual Net Emissions/Removals 17.08 2024 up 16.2% 129th
Annual Net Emissions/Removals (Greenhouse gas, Total, Metric ton of) 0 units per person 2024 up 8.0% 119th
Annual Net Emissions/Removals (Greenhouse gas, Total, Metric ton of) 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 37.5% 161st
Annual Net Emissions/Removals (Greenhouse gas, Total, Metric ton of) 2.09 % change on previous year 2024 up 37.8% 90th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita 484.55 tonnes per person 2024 down 3.7% 56th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per unit of GDP 0.0257 tonnes per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.3% 107th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, annual growth rate 0.314 % change on previous year 2024 down 23.6% 189th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled 2.49 billion tonnes 2024 up 3.6% 93rd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita 439.71 tonnes per person 2024 down 6.7% 22nd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per unit of GDP 0.0233 tonnes per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.0% 76th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, annual growth rate -0.0434 % change on previous year 2024 down 146.0% 126th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per capita 55.71 tonnes per person 2024 up 28.1% 129th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per unit of GDP 0.003 tonnes per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.9% 195th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year 2024 down 18.0% 103rd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, gaps filled 285.80 million tonnes 2024 up 37.8% 120th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per capita 55.71 tonnes per person 2024 up 28.1% 129th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, per unit of GDP 0.003 tonnes per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.9% 195th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year 2024 down 18.0% 103rd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled 285.80 million tonnes 2024 up 37.8% 120th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from coal 0.0% 2024 up 112.4% 116th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 0.0% 2024 down 9.1% 128th
Rice — Crop residues 3.74 million kg 2050 57th
Rice — Crop residues 0.0721 kt 2050 57th
Rice — Crop residues 0.0588 kt 2050 57th
Rice — Crop residues 0.0132 kt 2050 57th
Rice — Rice cultivation 2.07 kt 2050 79th
Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 29th
Emissions-weighted carbon price in emissions trading systems 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 40th
Carbon price vs. share of global CO₂ emissions covered 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 50th
Cereals excluding rice — Emissions intensity 0.4539 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 63.4% 31st
Cereals excluding rice — Emissions (CO2eq) 3.32 kt 2023 down 14.3% 155th
Cereals excluding rice — Production 7,321 t 2023 down 47.6% 149th
Rice — Emissions (CO2eq) 77.65 kt 2023 down 41.7% 93rd
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 32.08 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 165.9% 98th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,775 kt 2023 up 170.5% 77th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 86,510 t 2023 up 1.7% 78th
Raw milk of cattle — Emissions intensity 1.78 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 4.3% 78th
Raw milk of cattle — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,041 kt 2023 up 2.8% 65th
Raw milk of cattle — Production 1.15 million t 2023 up 7.4% 71st
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 10.43 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 up 28.2% 150th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 2.71 kt 2023 up 15.7% 146th
Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production 259.75 t 2023 down 9.8% 117th
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 40.26 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 3.2% 75th
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.6264 kt 2023 up 0.4% 169th
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production 15.56 t 2023 up 3.7% 168th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions intensity 0.5939 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 5.4% 100th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Emissions (CO2eq) 88.38 kt 2023 up 17.4% 82nd
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production 148,800 t 2023 up 24.2% 70th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions intensity 0.2221 kg CO2eq/kg 2023 down 22.7% 188th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Emissions (CO2eq) 17.73 kt 2023 up 2.0% 118th
Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production 79,843 t 2023 up 32.1% 67th