Costa Rica vs Namibia: Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?
Costa Rica
2.88 tonnes per person
in 2023
Namibia
3.26 tonnes per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
73rd
Namibia rank
70th
Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? over time
- Costa Rica
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 3.26 tonnes per person against 2.88 tonnes per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.38 tonnes per person.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 73rd and Namibia ranks 70th of 120 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Namibia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Namibia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.79 tonnes per person | 0.8613 tonnes per person | 0.9254 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.59 tonnes per person | 1.19 tonnes per person | 1.41 tonnes per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.82 tonnes per person | 4.19 tonnes per person | 1.38 tonnes per person | Namibia |
| 2020s | 2.74 tonnes per person | 3.34 tonnes per person | 0.5927 tonnes per person | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?, Costa Rica or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 3.26 tonnes per person against 2.88 tonnes per person in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average? between Costa Rica and Namibia?
- 0.38 tonnes per person, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Namibia?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Namibia rank globally for are consumption-based co₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average??
- Costa Rica ranks 73rd and Namibia ranks 70th of 120 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 Are consumption-based CO₂ per capita emissions above or below the global average?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.