Costa Rica vs Fiji: Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions
Costa Rica
2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Fiji
2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Fiji rank
128th
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions over time
- Costa Rica
- Fiji
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Fiji, a difference of 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Fiji ranks 128th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 14 and Fiji in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Fiji | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1628 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0.3942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1837 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2105 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0.386 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1787 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0.3582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2402 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.118 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0.4314 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2742 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1572 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0.4663 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.188 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.5096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2633 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2464 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0.3547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.126 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0.3336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1423 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0.3317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1916 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1401 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0.7003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.708 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Fiji |
| 1960s | 0.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9603 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1503 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Fiji |
| 1970s | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1035 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Fiji |
| 1980s | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Fiji |
| 1990s | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5099 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2299 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0636 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions, Costa Rica or Fiji?
- Costa Rica, at 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Fiji as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions between Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Fiji?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Fiji rank globally for per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 126th and Fiji ranks 128th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.