Costa Rica vs Namibia: Greenhouse gas emissions

Costa Rica
14.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Namibia
17.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
135th
Namibia rank
133rd

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Namibia
020.0M40.0M60.0M185019372024

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 17.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 14.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Costa Rica, a difference of 2.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 135th and Namibia ranks 133rd of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 17 and Namibia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Namibia Difference Ahead
1850s 2.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 691,774 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1860s 3.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 653,014 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1870s 4.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 691,336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1880s 4.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 811,260 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1890s 6.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 890,872 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1900s 7.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 971,521 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1910s 8.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1920s 7.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1930s 15.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 13.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1940s 26.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 22.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1950s 31.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 25.39 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1960s 32.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1970s 46.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 38.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1980s 30.93 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
1990s 14.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 12.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
2000s 16.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 14.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
2010s 17.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 17.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 52,920 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Costa Rica
2020s 14.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 17.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions, Costa Rica or Namibia?
Namibia, at 17.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 14.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions between Costa Rica and Namibia?
2.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Namibia?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Namibia rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions?
Costa Rica ranks 135th and Namibia ranks 133rd of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.