Costa Rica vs Somalia: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change

Costa Rica
1.52 tonnes per person
in 2024
Somalia
1.6 tonnes per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
144th
Somalia rank
141st

Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Somalia
010203040187019472024

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 1.6 tonnes per person against 1.52 tonnes per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per person.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 144th and Somalia ranks 141st of 194 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 7 and Somalia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Somalia Difference Ahead
1950s 29.65 tonnes per person 3.73 tonnes per person 25.92 tonnes per person Costa Rica
1960s 18.97 tonnes per person 2.75 tonnes per person 16.22 tonnes per person Costa Rica
1970s 20.82 tonnes per person 2.23 tonnes per person 18.59 tonnes per person Costa Rica
1980s 10.55 tonnes per person 1.9 tonnes per person 8.65 tonnes per person Costa Rica
1990s 2.11 tonnes per person 1.89 tonnes per person 0.222 tonnes per person Costa Rica
2000s 2.35 tonnes per person 2.12 tonnes per person 0.233 tonnes per person Costa Rica
2010s 2.17 tonnes per person 1.67 tonnes per person 0.4994 tonnes per person Costa Rica
2020s 1.41 tonnes per person 1.54 tonnes per person 0.1304 tonnes per person Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change, Costa Rica or Somalia?
Somalia, at 1.6 tonnes per person against 1.52 tonnes per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change between Costa Rica and Somalia?
0.08 tonnes per person, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Somalia?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Somalia rank globally for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
Costa Rica ranks 144th and Somalia ranks 141st of 194 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 Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change. 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 Somalia: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid, drawing on Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-co2-including-land/costa-rica/somalia-fed-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-co2-including-land/costa-rica/somalia-fed-rep/">Costa Rica vs Somalia: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 20,897 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.