Environment in Costa Rica

2,571 indicators covering environment for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Herbicides - nes — Agricultural Use 1,957 t 2011 up 56.9% 23rd
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, coniferous -77,323 m3 2018 — 83rd
Slovenia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 26 1000 USD 2018 up 116.7% 111th
Fung & Bact - nes — Agricultural Use 1,218 t 2011 down 34.0% 15th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 65.61 million USD 2024 up 76.8% 36th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 33,798 million SLC 2024 up 69.1% 16th
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, Capital (central government) 52.48 million USD 2024 up 35.0% 39th
China — Veneer sheets — Import Quantity 1 m3 2018 down 94.7% 112th
China — Veneer sheets — Import Value 1 1000 USD 2018 down 97.4% 113th
ILOSTAT - Labour force survey — Share of employment in forestry and 0.62 % 2025 down 43.1% 58th
United States of America — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import 55 m3 2018 down 76.8% 87th
United States of America — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Import Value 37 1000 USD 2018 down 82.8% 94th
Japan — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 11 t 2018 down 79.6% 74th
Japan — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 90 1000 USD 2018 down 42.3% 66th
Ammonium nitrate (AN) — Agricultural Use 111,652 t 2011 up 385.9% 16th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, coniferous 0 1000 USD 2018 — 22nd
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 128,332 m3 2018 up 573.0% 16th
Freshwater Fish — Feed 0 1000 t 2023 — 8th
Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 0.0691 t 2022 up 19.1% 51st
Compounds of mercury chemically defined, excluding amalgams — Import 1.86 1000 USD 2022 up 239.8% 74th
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 0 million SLC 2021 down 100.0% 75th
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 0 million USD 2021 down 100.0% 75th
Protection of Biodiversity and Landscape (general government) 0 million USD 2021 down 100.0% 75th
Total FAO — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 21,907 1000 USD 2018 up 476.3% 24th
Norway — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 65 1000 USD 2018 up 333.3% 75th
Herbicides – Phenoxy hormone products — Agricultural Use 1,123 t 2011 up 26.5% 10th
Insecticides – Carbamates — Agricultural Use 340 t 2011 up 44.1% 7th
Poland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 136 t 2018 up 106.1% 86th
Poland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 175 1000 USD 2018 up 348.7% 87th
Fung & Bact – Dithiocarbamates — Agricultural Use 3,842 t 2011 up 9.7% 4th
Czechia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 202 t 2008 up 1,088.2% 74th
Czechia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 374 1000 USD 2008 up 1,977.8% 67th
Italy — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 4 m3 2018 down 92.7% 99th
Italy — Fibreboard — Import Value 11 1000 USD 2018 down 73.2% 97th
Australia — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 1,012 1000 USD 2018 down 2.8% 35th
Population using safely managed sanitation services 36.0% 2024 up 3.7% 63rd
Canada — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 126 1000 USD 2018 up 3,050.0% 59th
Spain — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1,120 1000 USD 2018 up 37,233.3% 54th
China — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Quantity 11,568 m3 2018 up 11,023.1% 30th
China — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Value 2,558 1000 USD 2018 up 4,235.6% 45th
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) — Forest products (export/import) 761 1000 USD 2018 up 828.0% 62nd
Herbicides — Export value 12,076 1000 USD 2006 up 252.5% 34th
Inland fisheries 50 Tonnes 2022 unchanged 34th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 28.0% 2021 — 91st
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 1,835 2021 — 71st
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical 2,167 m3 2018 — 40th
Others (adjustment) — Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous tropical -115 1000 USD 2018 — 83rd
Fung & Bact – Triazoles, diazoles — Agricultural Use 101 t 2011 down 33.6% 28th
Fungicides — Export value 16,405 1000 USD 2006 up 240.0% 24th
Final energy consumption - Regions — Biofuels and waste 4,611 Gigawatt hours 2022 down 34.1% 32nd
Fung & Bact – Inorganics — Agricultural Use 139 t 2011 down 13.7% 36th
Other NP compounds — Agricultural Use 4,142 t 2011 — 38th
United States of America — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Quantity 1,165 m3 2018 up 385.4% 36th
Herbicides – Triazines — Agricultural Use 367 t 2011 up 72.3% 14th
United States of America — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Value 712 1000 USD 2018 up 394.4% 41st
Slovenia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 21 t 2018 unchanged 104th
Slovenia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 26 1000 USD 2018 up 116.7% 100th
Republic of Korea — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 147 1000 USD 2018 up 101.4% 73rd
T�rkiye — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 10 1000 USD 2017 up 150.0% 96th
Fung & Bact – Benzimidazoles — Agricultural Use 203 t 2011 up 31.8% 9th