Costa Rica vs Moldova: Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions
Costa Rica
2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Moldova
2.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Moldova rank
125th
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions over time
- Costa Rica
- Moldova
How they compare
Moldova currently reports 2.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Moldova ranks 125th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Moldova in 13.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Moldova | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2743 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.132 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0.3942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2864 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1078 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0.386 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3393 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0467 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0.3582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4409 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0827 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1890s | 0.4314 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6104 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1789 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1900s | 0.4663 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8622 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3959 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1910s | 0.5096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3645 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1920s | 0.3547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6438 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2891 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1930s | 0.3336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1940s | 0.3317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1950s | 0.7003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1960s | 0.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1970s | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1980s | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 1990s | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
| 2000s | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6545 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2133 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Moldova |
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 Moldova?
- Moldova, at 2.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions between Costa Rica and Moldova?
- 0.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Moldova ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Moldova?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Moldova rank globally for per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 126th and Moldova ranks 125th 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.