Costa Rica vs Latvia: IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre

Costa Rica
0.0094 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Latvia
0.0101 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
92nd
Latvia rank
91st

IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Latvia
00.0050.010.0150.02196119922023

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 0.0101 kt per square kilometre against 0.0094 kt per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0007 kt per square kilometre.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 92nd and Latvia ranks 91st of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Latvia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0079 kt per square kilometre 0.0033 kt per square kilometre 0.0046 kt per square kilometre Costa Rica
2000s 0.0128 kt per square kilometre 0.0052 kt per square kilometre 0.0076 kt per square kilometre Costa Rica
2010s 0.0106 kt per square kilometre 0.0103 kt per square kilometre 0.0004 kt per square kilometre Costa Rica
2020s 0.0089 kt per square kilometre 0.0102 kt per square kilometre 0.0013 kt per square kilometre Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher ippu — emissions (co2), per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Latvia?
Latvia, at 0.0101 kt per square kilometre against 0.0094 kt per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in ippu — emissions (co2), per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Latvia?
0.0007 kt per square kilometre, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Latvia?
32 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Latvia rank globally for ippu — emissions (co2), per square kilometre?
Costa Rica ranks 92nd and Latvia ranks 91st of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Costa Rica vs Latvia: IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/ippu-emissions-co2-per-square-kilometre/costa-rica/latvia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/ippu-emissions-co2-per-square-kilometre/costa-rica/latvia/">Costa Rica vs Latvia: IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

IPPU — Emissions (CO2) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.