Costa Rica vs Peru: IPPU — Emissions per capita
Costa Rica
0.2 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Peru
0.21 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
100th
Peru rank
99th
IPPU — Emissions per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Peru
How they compare
Peru currently reports 0.21 t CO2eq/cap against 0.2 t CO2eq/cap in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.01 t CO2eq/cap.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 100th and Peru ranks 99th of 187 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Peru in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Peru | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.161 t CO2eq/cap | 0.084 t CO2eq/cap | 0.077 t CO2eq/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.188 t CO2eq/cap | 0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 0.078 t CO2eq/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.167 t CO2eq/cap | 0.163 t CO2eq/cap | 0.004 t CO2eq/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.185 t CO2eq/cap | 0.1925 t CO2eq/cap | 0.0075 t CO2eq/cap | Peru |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher ippu — emissions per capita, Costa Rica or Peru?
- Peru, at 0.21 t CO2eq/cap against 0.2 t CO2eq/cap in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in ippu — emissions per capita between Costa Rica and Peru?
- 0.01 t CO2eq/cap, with Peru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for ippu — emissions per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 100th and Peru ranks 99th of 187 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as IPPU — Emissions per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.