Costa Rica vs Lithuania: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Costa Rica
-986,495 tonnes
in 2024
Lithuania
-685,534 tonnes
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
167th
Lithuania rank
164th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Lithuania
-20.0M020.0M40.0M60.0M185019372024

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports -685,534 tonnes against -986,495 tonnes in Costa Rica, a difference of 300,961 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Lithuania ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 167th and Lithuania ranks 164th of 197 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 10 and Lithuania in 8.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Lithuania Difference Ahead
1850s 2.20 million tonnes 22.05 million tonnes 19.86 million tonnes Lithuania
1860s 3.38 million tonnes 21.14 million tonnes 17.75 million tonnes Lithuania
1870s 4.50 million tonnes 21.02 million tonnes 16.53 million tonnes Lithuania
1880s 4.56 million tonnes 21.38 million tonnes 16.82 million tonnes Lithuania
1890s 6.48 million tonnes 21.52 million tonnes 15.05 million tonnes Lithuania
1900s 7.36 million tonnes 21.62 million tonnes 14.26 million tonnes Lithuania
1910s 8.47 million tonnes 14.71 million tonnes 6.24 million tonnes Lithuania
1920s 6.92 million tonnes 10.87 million tonnes 3.96 million tonnes Lithuania
1930s 17.15 million tonnes 14.98 million tonnes 2.16 million tonnes Costa Rica
1940s 28.78 million tonnes 7.42 million tonnes 21.36 million tonnes Costa Rica
1950s 32.12 million tonnes -2.68 million tonnes 34.80 million tonnes Costa Rica
1960s 28.96 million tonnes -12.20 million tonnes 41.15 million tonnes Costa Rica
1970s 41.53 million tonnes -6.99 million tonnes 48.52 million tonnes Costa Rica
1980s 24.68 million tonnes -3.30 million tonnes 27.97 million tonnes Costa Rica
1990s 2.94 million tonnes 1.31 million tonnes 1.64 million tonnes Costa Rica
2000s 3.19 million tonnes -11.36 million tonnes 14.55 million tonnes Costa Rica
2010s 2.76 million tonnes -1.97 million tonnes 4.74 million tonnes Costa Rica
2020s -781,487 tonnes -1.47 million tonnes 683,696 tonnes Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change, Costa Rica or Lithuania?
Lithuania, at -685,534 tonnes against -986,495 tonnes in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change between Costa Rica and Lithuania?
300,961 tonnes, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Lithuania?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Lithuania rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change?
Costa Rica ranks 167th and Lithuania ranks 164th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.