Costa Rica vs Eritrea: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Costa Rica
2.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Eritrea
2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
143rd
Eritrea rank
141st
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time
- Costa Rica
- Eritrea
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.03 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 143rd and Eritrea ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 17 and Eritrea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Eritrea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 22.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2655 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 22.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 27.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.282 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 27.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 28.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3364 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 28.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 22.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4293 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 22.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 23.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5127 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 22.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 21.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 20.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 20.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8447 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 19.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 15.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 14.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 25.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 23.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 33.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 30.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 28.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 25.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 20.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 16.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 22.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 18.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 11.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 4.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 3.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5211 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2.84 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1891 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, Costa Rica or Eritrea?
- Eritrea, at 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 2.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions between Costa Rica and Eritrea?
- 0.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Eritrea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Eritrea rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 143rd and Eritrea ranks 141st of 199 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 greenhouse gas 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.