Costa Rica vs Finland: Waste — Emissions per capita
Costa Rica
0.47 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Finland
0.46 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
41st
Finland rank
43rd
Waste — Emissions per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Finland
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.47 t CO2eq/cap against 0.46 t CO2eq/cap in Finland, a difference of 0.01 t CO2eq/cap.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Finland ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 41st and Finland ranks 43rd of 222 countries.
Finland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Finland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.355 t CO2eq/cap | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 0.947 t CO2eq/cap | Finland |
| 2000s | 0.388 t CO2eq/cap | 1.04 t CO2eq/cap | 0.65 t CO2eq/cap | Finland |
| 2010s | 0.411 t CO2eq/cap | 0.766 t CO2eq/cap | 0.355 t CO2eq/cap | Finland |
| 2020s | 0.455 t CO2eq/cap | 0.5975 t CO2eq/cap | 0.1425 t CO2eq/cap | Finland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions per capita, Costa Rica or Finland?
- Costa Rica, at 0.47 t CO2eq/cap against 0.46 t CO2eq/cap in Finland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions per capita between Costa Rica and Finland?
- 0.01 t CO2eq/cap, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Finland?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Finland rank globally for waste — emissions per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 41st and Finland ranks 43rd of 222 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.