Costa Rica vs Trinidad and Tobago: Methane emissions
Costa Rica
5.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Trinidad and Tobago
5.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
127th
Trinidad and Tobago rank
129th
Methane emissions over time
- Costa Rica
- Trinidad and Tobago
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 5.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Trinidad and Tobago, a difference of 385,310 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Trinidad and Tobago's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 127th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 129th of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 16 and Trinidad and Tobago in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Trinidad and Tobago | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 182,201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 56,694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 125,507 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 218,723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 73,384 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 145,339 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 278,061 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 93,411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 184,650 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 348,632 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 119,960 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 228,671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 440,361 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 148,425 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 291,936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 554,863 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 186,357 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 368,506 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 683,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 330,377 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 352,833 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 795,719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 528,210 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 267,509 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 945,448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 778,600 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 166,848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 11,946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 1.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 147,727 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 2.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 390,572 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 3.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.62 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 981,565 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 4.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 4.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 3.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2010s | 4.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 2020s | 5.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 32,184 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher methane emissions, Costa Rica or Trinidad and Tobago?
- Costa Rica, at 5.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 5.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Trinidad and Tobago as of 2024.
- What is the difference in methane emissions between Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 385,310 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Trinidad and Tobago rank globally for methane emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 127th and Trinidad and Tobago ranks 129th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.