Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.63 tonnes in Costa Rica and 0.83 tonnes in Nicaragua, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Costa Rica, by 0.8 tonnes, or 1.97 times that in Nicaragua.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

Costa Rica has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, Costa Rica ranked 121 and Nicaragua ranked 145 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Costa Rica	Nicaragua	World
2024	1.63	0.83	4.69
2023	1.59	0.81	4.68
2022	1.61	0.78	4.67
2021	1.59	0.78	4.69
2020	1.43	0.72	4.48
2019	1.64	0.82	4.7
2018	1.7	0.81	4.74
2017	1.71	0.9	4.67
2016	1.69	0.92	4.65
2015	1.61	0.89	4.7
2014	1.69	0.81	4.78
2013	1.68	0.78	4.81
2012	1.64	0.82	4.77
2011	1.67	0.84	4.76
2010	1.59	0.81	4.67
2009	1.63	0.8	4.45
2008	1.72	0.83	4.56
2007	1.76	0.88	4.59
2006	1.6	0.86	4.48
2005	1.49	0.83	4.39
2004	1.47	0.88	4.28
2003	1.47	0.87	4.15
2002	1.39	0.8	4.02
2001	1.38	0.78	4.01
2000	1.3	0.75	4.01
1999	1.34	0.73	3.95
1998	1.37	0.74	3.98
1997	1.26	0.64	4.02
1996	1.31	0.61	4.01
1995	1.41	0.59	3.99
1994	1.45	0.56	3.94
1993	1.27	0.51	3.97
1992	1.29	0.53	4.02
1991	0.98	0.46	4.1
1990	0.93	0.47	4.15
1989	0.95	0.42	4.16
1988	0.86	0.54	4.16
1987	0.83	0.62	4.1
1986	0.81	0.63	4.04
1985	0.8	0.54	4.05
1984	0.78	0.55	4.07
1983	0.77	0.62	4.01
1982	0.78	0.59	4.05
1981	0.94	0.62	4.18
1980	1.04	0.61	4.33
1979	1.19	0.53	4.46
1978	1.22	0.83	4.42
1977	1.16	0.94	4.36
1976	0.95	0.8	4.31
1975	0.94	0.72	4.15
1974	0.88	0.74	4.23
1973	0.92	0.72	4.32
1972	0.84	0.67	4.16
1971	0.77	0.67	4.04
1970	0.78	0.68	4.15

Each country on its own

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Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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