Environment in Costa Rica

2,571 indicators covering environment for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Biogases — Energy consumption 8.39 TJ 2024 up 179.7% 49th
Gaseous biofuels — Energy consumption 8.39 TJ 2024 up 179.7% 49th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous -1 1000 USD 2018 — 81st
Sodium nitrate — Export quantity 2 t 2023 down 95.7% 51st
Insecticides — Export quantity 2,325 t 2006 down 49.5% 30th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import quantity 91.37 t 2024 up 224.1% 49th
Antimalarial insecticides — Import value 2,627 1000 USD 2024 up 216.9% 36th
Sodium nitrate — Export value 8.96 1000 USD 2023 down 61.4% 48th
Ethylene dichloride — Import quantity 0.4467 t 2023 up 14,790.0% 57th
Ethylene dichloride — Import value 18.75 1000 USD 2023 up 234,230.0% 34th
Watermelons — Producer Price 433,995 SLC 2024 up 118.1% 7th
Malaysia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 48 1000 USD 2018 up 14.3% 91st
Disinfectants, etc — Export value 8,963 1000 USD 2006 up 483.7% 25th
Republic of Korea — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 211 t 2018 up 97.2% 81st
Republic of Korea — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint 449 1000 USD 2018 up 102.3% 67th
Switzerland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 21 1000 USD 2018 down 94.6% 104th
Watermelons — Producer Price 842.5 USD 2024 up 127.9% 14th
Wood pellets, briquettes and other agglomerates — Production 22,172 t 2024 down 4.2% 63rd
T�rkiye — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 174 1000 USD 2018 up 569.2% 103rd
France — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 34 1000 USD 2018 down 90.3% 100th
Unspecified Area — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 421 1000 USD 2018 down 2.3% 51st
Freshwater Fish — Stock Variation 0 1000 t 2023 — 1st
Portugal — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 3,803 1000 USD 2018 up 472.7% 48th
Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Value 115 1000 USD 2018 down 74.8% 79th
Total FAO — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 23 m3 2018 down 87.0% 99th
Singapore — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 414 1000 USD 2018 up 16.6% 67th
Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 62nd
Mechanical and semi-chemical wood pulp — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 62nd
Potassium chloride (muriate of potash) (MOP) — Agricultural Use 95,396 t 2011 up 63.5% 20th
Above-ground forest biomass 180.6 tonnes per hectare 2025 unchanged 45th
Poland — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 193 1000 USD 2018 up 394.9% 98th
Others (adjustment) — Veneer sheets — Export Value -5 1000 USD 2018 down 266.7% 73rd
Others (adjustment) — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity -2 m3 2018 down 300.0% 96th
Above-ground biomass in forest 180.6 2025 unchanged 47th
Forest area 2,990 2025 up 1.2% 103rd
Forest area as a proportion of total land area 58.5% 2025 up 1.2% 44th
Share of forest area within protected areas 44.1% 2020 up 2.8% 28th
Italy — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1,613 1000 USD 2018 up 323.4% 59th
United States of America — Forest products (export/import) — Export 1,770 1000 USD 2018 up 36.8% 64th
Biogasoline — Energy production 634.06 TJ 2024 down 10.0% 33rd
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 238 m3 2018 up 815.4% 67th
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 2,386 t 2018 down 64.4% 37th
Canada — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 1,943 1000 USD 2018 down 63.9% 37th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Quantity 32 m3 2018 down 83.6% 103rd
Wood pellets — Production 22,172 t 2024 down 4.2% 62nd
Total FAO — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 25 1000 USD 2018 up 257.1% 84th
Legislation, Regulation, Act related to the prevention of 1 2025 unchanged 1st
South Africa — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 53 1000 USD 2018 down 61.9% 89th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Quantity 234 m3 2018 — 38th
Total FAO — Fibreboard — Export Value 68 1000 USD 2018 up 9.7% 86th
Hazardous pesticides — Export quantity 298.24 t 2024 down 62.1% 16th
Hazardous pesticides — Export value 1,165 1000 USD 2024 down 74.5% 19th
Japan — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 90 1000 USD 2018 down 42.3% 70th
Others (adjustment) — Wood chips and particles — Import Value 18 1000 USD 2018 — 18th
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 551 m3 2018 up 138.5% 67th
Germany — Fibreboard — Import Value 756 1000 USD 2018 up 159.8% 63rd
Others (adjustment) — Fibreboard — Export Quantity -62 m3 2018 down 151.7% 91st
Germany — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 51 1000 USD 2018 down 66.2% 88th
Disinfectants, etc — Export quantity 12,789 t 2006 up 53.2% 12th
Portugal — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 4,028 t 2018 up 624.5% 38th