CO₂ per person in Costa Rica

CO₂ per person in Costa Rica: 0.78 tonnes in 1970 and 1.63 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 1.63 tonnes
Since 1970: +0.85 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 121 of 202; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 4.69 tonnes

Watch it change on the map

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 1.76 tonnes in 2007, the lowest 0.77 tonnes in 1971.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

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

Good to know

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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