Costa Rica vs Spain: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Costa Rica
-0.1923 tonnes per person
in 2024
Spain
-0.2184 tonnes per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
158th
Spain rank
161st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports -0.1923 tonnes per person against -0.2184 tonnes per person in Spain, a difference of 0.0261 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 Spain ranks 161st 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 | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 20.03 tonnes per person | 1.62 tonnes per person | 18.41 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 25.98 tonnes per person | 1.24 tonnes per person | 24.74 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 27.9 tonnes per person | 0.9445 tonnes per person | 26.95 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 21.1 tonnes per person | 0.6832 tonnes per person | 20.42 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 22.91 tonnes per person | 1.17 tonnes per person | 21.74 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.09 tonnes per person | 1.16 tonnes per person | 19.93 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 20.09 tonnes per person | 1.52 tonnes per person | 18.57 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 14 tonnes per person | 1.79 tonnes per person | 12.21 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 28.28 tonnes per person | 1.72 tonnes per person | 26.56 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 36.69 tonnes per person | 0.7572 tonnes per person | 35.94 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 29.29 tonnes per person | 0.6798 tonnes per person | 28.61 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 18.49 tonnes per person | 0.318 tonnes per person | 18.17 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 19.83 tonnes per person | 0.0873 tonnes per person | 19.74 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 9.66 tonnes per person | -0.2803 tonnes per person | 9.94 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.8649 tonnes per person | -0.5594 tonnes per person | 1.42 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.7516 tonnes per person | -0.5122 tonnes per person | 1.26 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.5828 tonnes per person | -0.3646 tonnes per person | 0.9474 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | -0.1531 tonnes per person | -0.2117 tonnes per person | 0.0586 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 Spain?
- Costa Rica, at -0.1923 tonnes per person against -0.2184 tonnes per person in Spain as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0.0261 tonnes per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 158th and Spain ranks 161st 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.