Costa Rica vs Estonia: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Costa Rica
-0.1923 tonnes per person
in 2024
Estonia
-0.1527 tonnes per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
158th
Estonia rank
156th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Estonia
How they compare
Estonia currently reports -0.1527 tonnes per person against -0.1923 tonnes per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0396 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Estonia ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 158th and Estonia ranks 156th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 17 and Estonia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Estonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 20.03 tonnes per person | 28.14 tonnes per person | 8.11 tonnes per person | Estonia |
| 1860s | 25.98 tonnes per person | 16.76 tonnes per person | 9.22 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 27.9 tonnes per person | 10.41 tonnes per person | 17.48 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 21.1 tonnes per person | 7.08 tonnes per person | 14.02 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 22.91 tonnes per person | 4.83 tonnes per person | 18.08 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.09 tonnes per person | 3.44 tonnes per person | 17.65 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 20.09 tonnes per person | 2.37 tonnes per person | 17.72 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 14 tonnes per person | 1.73 tonnes per person | 12.27 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 28.28 tonnes per person | 1.08 tonnes per person | 27.19 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 36.69 tonnes per person | -0.2507 tonnes per person | 36.94 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 29.29 tonnes per person | -2.44 tonnes per person | 31.73 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 18.49 tonnes per person | -5.54 tonnes per person | 24.03 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 19.83 tonnes per person | -3 tonnes per person | 22.83 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 9.66 tonnes per person | -1.51 tonnes per person | 11.17 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.8649 tonnes per person | -2.63 tonnes per person | 3.5 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.7516 tonnes per person | -2.99 tonnes per person | 3.74 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.5828 tonnes per person | -1.19 tonnes per person | 1.77 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -0.1531 tonnes per person | -0.4683 tonnes per person | 0.3151 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Costa Rica or Estonia?
- Estonia, at -0.1527 tonnes per person against -0.1923 tonnes per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Costa Rica and Estonia?
- 0.0396 tonnes per person, with Estonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Estonia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Estonia rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 158th and Estonia ranks 156th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.