Costa Rica vs Zimbabwe: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Costa Rica
0.2%
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.2%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
64th
Zimbabwe rank
66th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Costa Rica
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 175 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 64th and Zimbabwe ranks 66th of 197 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1950s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Costa Rica |
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 Zimbabwe?
- Costa Rica, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zimbabwe?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Zimbabwe rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Costa Rica ranks 64th and Zimbabwe ranks 66th 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.