Costa Rica vs Panama: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Costa Rica
0.2%
in 2024
Panama
0.3%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
64th
Panama rank
63rd
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Costa Rica
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 0.3% against 0.2% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Panama ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 64th and Panama ranks 63rd of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 9 and Panama in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Panama |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Costa Rica or Panama?
- Panama, at 0.3% against 0.2% in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Costa Rica and Panama?
- 0.1%, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Panama?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Panama rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Costa Rica ranks 64th and Panama ranks 63rd of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.