Costa Rica vs Italy: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Costa Rica
-0.1923 tonnes per person
in 2024
Italy
-0.2081 tonnes per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
158th
Italy rank
160th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Italy
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports -0.1923 tonnes per person against -0.2081 tonnes per person in Italy, a difference of 0.0158 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 158th and Italy ranks 160th of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 20.03 tonnes per person | 1.1 tonnes per person | 18.93 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 25.98 tonnes per person | 0.6648 tonnes per person | 25.31 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 27.9 tonnes per person | 0.7468 tonnes per person | 27.15 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 21.1 tonnes per person | 0.9281 tonnes per person | 20.17 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 22.91 tonnes per person | 0.9682 tonnes per person | 21.94 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.09 tonnes per person | 0.6773 tonnes per person | 20.42 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 20.09 tonnes per person | 0.5951 tonnes per person | 19.5 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 14 tonnes per person | 0.6084 tonnes per person | 13.39 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 28.28 tonnes per person | 0.4309 tonnes per person | 27.85 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 36.69 tonnes per person | 0.3877 tonnes per person | 36.31 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 29.29 tonnes per person | 0.2197 tonnes per person | 29.07 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 18.49 tonnes per person | -0.0385 tonnes per person | 18.53 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 19.83 tonnes per person | -0.8999 tonnes per person | 20.73 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 9.66 tonnes per person | -0.635 tonnes per person | 10.29 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.8649 tonnes per person | -0.6519 tonnes per person | 1.52 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.7516 tonnes per person | -0.5997 tonnes per person | 1.35 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.5828 tonnes per person | -0.5511 tonnes per person | 1.13 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -0.1531 tonnes per person | -0.2031 tonnes per person | 0.05 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 Italy?
- Costa Rica, at -0.1923 tonnes per person against -0.2081 tonnes per person in Italy as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Costa Rica and Italy?
- 0.0158 tonnes per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Italy?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Italy rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 158th and Italy ranks 160th 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.