Which has higher food processing — emissions, Belarus or Costa Rica?

Costa Rica, at 0.0407 kt against 0.0388 kt in Belarus as of 2023.

What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Belarus and Costa Rica?

0.0019 kt, with Costa Rica ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Costa Rica?

32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Costa Rica: Food Processing — Emissions

Belarus

0.0388 kt

in 2023

Costa Rica

0.0407 kt

in 2023

Belarus rank

51st

Costa Rica rank

49th

Food Processing — Emissions over time

Belarus
Costa Rica

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.0407 kt against 0.0388 kt in Belarus, a difference of 0.0019 kt.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 51st and Costa Rica ranks 49th of 103 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 3 and Costa Rica in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Costa Rica	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.065 kt	0.0627 kt	0.0022 kt	Belarus
2000s	0.056 kt	0.05 kt	0.006 kt	Belarus
2010s	0.0442 kt	0.0323 kt	0.0119 kt	Belarus
2020s	0.0396 kt	0.043 kt	0.0034 kt	Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher food processing — emissions, Belarus or Costa Rica?: Costa Rica, at 0.0407 kt against 0.0388 kt in Belarus as of 2023.
What is the difference in food processing — emissions between Belarus and Costa Rica?: 0.0019 kt, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Costa Rica?: 32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
How do Belarus and Costa Rica rank globally for food processing — emissions?: Belarus ranks 51st and Costa Rica ranks 49th of 103 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Food Processing — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator: Food Processing — Emissions (CH4)
Unit: kt
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 139 places, 3,693 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.