Costa Rica vs Morocco: Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions
Costa Rica
2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Morocco
2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
126th
Morocco rank
123rd
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions over time
- Costa Rica
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Morocco's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 126th and Morocco ranks 123rd of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 16 and Morocco in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.4063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0.3942 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2369 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1573 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0.386 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.243 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0.3582 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2408 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1174 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0.4314 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2361 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0.4663 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2411 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.5096 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.218 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2917 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0.3547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2197 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.135 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0.3336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2433 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0904 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0.3317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0445 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0.7003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5763 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.124 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.599 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.413 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2517 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Morocco |
| 2020s | 2.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3618 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Morocco |
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 Morocco?
- Morocco, at 2.44 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 Morocco?
- 0.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Morocco?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Morocco rank globally for per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 126th and Morocco ranks 123rd 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.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.