Environment in Costa Rica 2,527 indicators covering environment for Costa Rica. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per capita 0.0023 t per person 2024 down 14.0% 55th Newsprint — Export value 191 1000 USD 2024 up 306.4% 61st Wood charcoal — Export value 10 1000 USD 2024 down 52.4% 133rd F-gases emissions from Industrial Processes 0.5664 Mt CO2e 2024 up 159.9% 105th Pulp for paper — Export quantity 308 t 2024 down 7.2% 94th Pulp for paper — Export value 345 1000 USD 2024 down 62.5% 79th Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 31.3% 85th Wood charcoal — Export quantity 20 t 2024 down 47.4% 132nd Mules and Asses — Stocks 12,271 An 2023 down 8.2% 74th Mules and Asses — Amount excreted in manure 267,839 kg 2023 down 8.2% 73rd Mules and Asses — Manure left on pasture 265,161 kg 2023 down 8.2% 72nd Mules and Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 53,032 kg 2023 down 8.2% 72nd Mules and Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 79,548 kg 2023 down 8.2% 72nd Mules and Asses — Manure management 2,678 kg 2023 down 8.2% 77th Mules and Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 — 1st Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils 2,678 kg 2023 down 8.2% 77th Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 535.68 kg 2023 down 8.2% 77th Mules and Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 803.52 kg 2023 down 8.2% 77th Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per square kilometre 1.96 m3 per square kilometre 2023 unchanged 66th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import quantity 40 t 2024 down 78.3% 104th Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, unbleached — Import value 56 1000 USD 2024 down 58.8% 93rd Printing and writing papers — Export quantity 1,592 t 2024 up 62.3% 80th Printing and writing papers — Export value 2,506 1000 USD 2024 up 74.3% 73rd Pulp for paper — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.9% 76th Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.3% 77th Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.5435 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 130.0% 48th Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.8319 t per square kilometre 2023 up 108.5% 37th Carbon intensity of GDP 0.0598 kg CO2e per 2021 PPP $ of GDP 2024 down 26.6% 169th Wood pulp — Import value, per capita 0.002 1000 USD per person 2024 up 0.9% 54th Wood pulp — Import quantity, per capita 0.0022 t per person 2024 down 13.8% 55th Watermelons — Yield 24,654 kg/ha 2024 down 47.3% 58th Wood charcoal — Production, per square kilometre 0.2727 t per square kilometre 2023 up 15.7% 72nd Pesticides (total) — Use per capita 2.09 kg/cap 2024 down 17.7% 15th Other fibreboard — Export quantity 215 m3 2024 up 437.5% 67th Other fibreboard — Export value 80 1000 USD 2024 up 233.3% 66th Wood charcoal — Import quantity 1,807 t 2024 up 1,112.8% 81st Wood charcoal — Import value 970 1000 USD 2024 up 1,112.5% 80th Watermelons — Gross Production Value 14,649 1000 Int$ 2024 up 7.1% 67th Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 2,036 t 2024 down 0.4% 67th Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 19.7 kg/ha 2024 down 10.3% 15th Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 30,900 t 2024 up 5.6% 57th Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 38,594 t 2024 up 1.3% 29th Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21.9% 2024 up 408.4% 117th Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 187.2% 2024 up 6.4% 86th Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 21.6% 2024 up 152.5% 128th Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 78.0% 2024 up 46.8% 107th Coal rents 0.0% 2021 — 71st Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 10,722 t 2024 down 11.4% 42nd Insecticides — Agricultural Use 1,589 t 2024 down 11.7% 43rd Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 6,056 t 2024 down 5.1% 26th Herbicides — Agricultural Use 2,664 t 2024 down 28.1% 49th Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 — 58th Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 — 78th Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 95th Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 412 t 2024 up 127.6% 28th Forest land — Share in Land area 59.06 % 2024 up 2.6% 41st Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 41.6% 77th Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 50.1% 77th Other land — Area 399.88 1000 ha 2024 up 4.9% 162nd Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.3 g/Int$ 2024 down 15.1% 36th ← Previous Page 16 of 43 Next →