Environment in Costa Rica

2,527 indicators covering environment for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 2.19 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 14.1% 21st
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 79.49 % change on previous year 2024 down 73.9% 43rd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 13 t 2024 down 35.0% 108th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 42 1000 USD 2024 down 50.6% 111th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 47 m3 2024 down 99.4% 144th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 21 m3 2024 down 94.2% 191st
Other fibreboard — Import value 57 1000 USD 2024 down 87.9% 163rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 42nd
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.2011 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 32.6% 72nd
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.3001 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 64.4% 80th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 16 1000 USD 2024 down 99.4% 146th
Planted Forest — Area 44.92 1000 ha 2025 down 29.6% 140th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 1.5 % 2025 down 30.6% 161st
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 0 m3 2024 145th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.464 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 18.9% 29th
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 2.01 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 27.8% 32nd
Total fibre furnish — Export value 16,675 1000 USD 2024 up 4.1% 68th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -8.02 % change on previous year 2024 down 117.6% 98th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 75,718 t 2024 down 0.4% 69th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 4,978 t 2024 up 34.9% 60th
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0028 t per person 2024 up 7.1% 74th
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.3% 74th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person 2024 77th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 48.3% 77th
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.8% 80th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.7% 92nd
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 1.3 t per square kilometre 2023 up 125.2% 7th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.44 t per square kilometre 2023 up 124.1% 10th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.3286 t per square kilometre 2023 down 3.0% 47th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.389 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% 40th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 1.72 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% 29th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 1.84 t per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% 30th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 38.5% 62nd
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.9% 49th
Emissions of air pollutants 79,121 tonnes 2022 up 11.8% 107th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 33rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.2% 83rd
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.2456 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% 51st
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.2695 t per square kilometre 2023 down 58.0% 57th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0008 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 85.7% 138th
Graphic papers — Export quantity 1,790 t 2024 up 74.0% 80th
Graphic papers — Export value 2,697 1000 USD 2024 up 81.6% 76th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.002 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 18.4% 119th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.5984 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 123.3% 55th
Paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.8633 t per square kilometre 2023 up 105.3% 41st
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.1159 t per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% 55th
Heat Index 35 0.2 2024 up 150.0% 107th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Production 0 t 2024 76th
Wood pulp — Export quantity 299 t 2024 down 5.1% 87th
Wood pulp — Export value 308 1000 USD 2024 down 64.5% 79th
Newsprint — Export quantity 198 t 2024 up 312.5% 62nd
Veneer sheets — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 142nd
Veneer sheets — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 144th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 77th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 up 18.6% 53rd
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 62.9 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% 27th
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre 62.9 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% 32nd
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 82.42 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% 26th
Roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 84.38 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 9.2% 45th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per capita 0.002 1000 USD per person 2024 up 0.4% 54th