Environment in Costa Rica

2,571 indicators covering environment for Costa Rica.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 1,946 million LCU 2015 up 112.8% 8th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 3.64 million USD 2015 up 90.2% 25th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 26.42 % 2015 up 6.6% 39th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 6.44 % 2015 up 16.6% 53rd
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 10,291 million LCU 2015 up 144.8% 12th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 19.25 million USD 2015 up 118.8% 48th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 40.22 % 2015 down 4.1% 46th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 3.53 % 2015 down 28.9% 47th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 15,667 million LCU 2015 up 120.3% 12th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 29.31 million USD 2015 up 96.9% 45th
Austria — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Quantity 26 m3 2016 up 2,500.0% 42nd
Austria — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Value 5 1000 USD 2016 up 400.0% 53rd
Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption 60.3% 2013 down 13.2% 101st
Hazardous waste exported 290 2022 down 60.8% 71st
Spain — Newsprint — Import Quantity 17 t 2006 unchanged 61st
Spain — Newsprint — Import Value 18 1000 USD 2006 down 69.0% 58th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 20.67 million USD 2015 up 13.6% 41st
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 3.64 million USD 2015 up 3.4% 25th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 19.25 million USD 2015 up 18.9% 47th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 29.31 million USD 2015 up 7.0% 44th
France — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 4 m3 2011 up 100.0% 50th
France — Veneer sheets — Export Value 13 1000 USD 2011 up 160.0% 47th
Spain — Veneer sheets — Export Quantity 23 m3 2018 up 360.0% 42nd
Spain — Veneer sheets — Export Value 115 1000 USD 2018 up 945.5% 41st
Peru — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1,459 1000 USD 2018 up 89.5% 28th
Ireland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 62 t 2006 up 1,966.7% 14th
Ireland — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 191 1000 USD 2006 up 2,022.2% 12th
Agricultural land area — Transgenic crops 31.15 Hectares 2025 down 95.1% 8th
Panama — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 1,203 1000 USD 2018 up 59.3% 15th
Ecuador — Forest products (export/import) — Export Value 5,397 1000 USD 2018 up 1,200.5% 17th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 11,052 million SLC 2015 up 13.6% 12th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 1,946 million SLC 2015 up 3.4% 8th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 10,291 million SLC 2015 up 18.9% 12th
Food and Accommodation Away From Home (FAAFH) — Agriculture, Forestry 15,667 million SLC 2015 up 7.0% 12th
Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Quantity 90 t 2018 down 81.1% 35th
Brazil — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 84 1000 USD 2018 down 77.8% 36th
Colombia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Quantity 17 t 2018 down 93.1% 41st
Colombia — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 72 1000 USD 2018 down 54.7% 38th
Proportion of municipal waste recycled 4.6% 2022 up 384.9% 66th
Electronic waste collected 6,930 2023 — 41st
Chile — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Quantity 7,570 t 2018 down 9.3% 13th
Chile — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Import Value 6,918 1000 USD 2018 down 15.5% 13th
Unspecified Area — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 11 m3 2013 up 57.1% 41st
Unspecified Area — Fibreboard — Import Value 18 1000 USD 2013 up 1,700.0% 34th
Proportion of municipal waste treated, by type of treatment 3.1% 2023 up 9,678.8% 44th
Electronic waste collected, per capita 1.32 2023 — 47th
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) — Forest products (export/import) 25 1000 USD 2015 down 93.2% 44th
Chile — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Quantity 72,509 m3 2018 up 118.7% 6th
Peru — Forest products (export/import) — Import Value 126 1000 USD 2018 down 75.7% 25th
Thailand — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Quantity 82 m3 2017 down 77.0% 32nd
Thailand — Sawnwood, non-coniferous all — Export Value 19 1000 USD 2017 down 78.4% 43rd
Chile — Sawnwood, coniferous — Import Value 49,948 1000 USD 2018 up 142.2% 5th
Japan — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Quantity 74 m3 2009 down 48.6% 37th
Japan — Sawnwood, coniferous — Export Value 45 1000 USD 2009 up 18.4% 37th
Chile — Fibreboard — Import Quantity 3,304 m3 2018 down 70.5% 12th
Chile — Fibreboard — Import Value 1,779 1000 USD 2018 down 68.6% 14th
Chile — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Quantity 18 t 2018 down 92.3% 46th
Chile — Paper and paperboard, excluding newsprint — Export Value 19 1000 USD 2018 down 59.6% 48th
Norway — Newsprint — Import Quantity 25 t 2017 up 25.0% 57th
Norway — Newsprint — Import Value 15 1000 USD 2017 up 15.4% 59th