AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O was 1,659 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,659 kt
Change on year
up 15.7%
World rank
106th
of 222 countries
All-time high
1,659 kt
in 2023
All-time low
1,015 kt
in 2002
Years of data
34
1990–2023

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O in Costa Rica, 1990–2023

05001.0k1.5k1990200620231990: 1.4k kt1991: 1.4k kt1992: 1.4k kt1993: 1.4k kt1994: 1.4k kt1995: 1.3k kt1996: 1.3k kt1997: 1.4k kt1998: 1.4k kt1999: 1.2k kt2000: 1.1k kt2001: 1.0k kt2002: 1.0k kt2003: 1.1k kt2004: 1.0k kt2005: 1.1k kt2006: 1.1k kt2007: 1.2k kt2008: 1.2k kt2009: 1.0k kt2010: 1.2k kt2011: 1.3k kt2012: 1.3k kt2013: 1.3k kt2014: 1.2k kt2015: 1.3k kt2016: 1.4k kt2017: 1.4k kt2018: 1.5k kt2019: 1.5k kt2020: 1.4k kt2021: 1.6k kt2022: 1.4k kt2023: 1.7k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 1,659 kt for afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o in Costa Rica peaked at 1,659 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,015 kt, in 2002.

Costa Rica ranks 106th of 222 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) in Costa Rica, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 1,372 kt
1991 1,410 kt +2.8%
1992 1,411 kt +0.1%
1993 1,386 kt -1.8%
1994 1,354 kt -2.3%
1995 1,258 kt -7.1%
1996 1,325 kt +5.3%
1997 1,369 kt +3.3%
1998 1,410 kt +3.0%
1999 1,227 kt -13.0%
2000 1,134 kt -7.5%
2001 1,042 kt -8.2%
2002 1,015 kt -2.5%
2003 1,129 kt +11.2%
2004 1,019 kt -9.8%
2005 1,068 kt +4.9%
2006 1,081 kt +1.2%
2007 1,182 kt +9.3%
2008 1,233 kt +4.3%
2009 1,045 kt -15.2%
2010 1,151 kt +10.1%
2011 1,335 kt +16.1%
2012 1,302 kt -2.5%
2013 1,332 kt +2.3%
2014 1,235 kt -7.3%
2015 1,313 kt +6.3%
2016 1,424 kt +8.5%
2017 1,381 kt -3.0%
2018 1,452 kt +5.1%
2019 1,477 kt +1.7%
2020 1,394 kt -5.6%
2021 1,597 kt +14.6%
2022 1,435 kt -10.2%
2023 1,659 kt +15.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,352 kt 1,227 kt 1,411 kt 10
2000s 1,095 kt 1,015 kt 1,233 kt 10
2010s 1,340 kt 1,151 kt 1,477 kt 10
2020s 1,521 kt 1,394 kt 1,659 kt 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 103 Portugal 1,740 kt compare
  2. 104 Togo 1,700 kt compare
  3. 105 Kyrgyzstan 1,660 kt compare
  4. 107 Burundi 1,569 kt compare
  5. 108 Papua New Guinea 1,532 kt compare
  6. 109 China, Taiwan Province of 1,528 kt compare

See the full ranking of 276 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o in Costa Rica?
Afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o in Costa Rica was 1,659 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 1,659 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 1,015 kt in 2002.
How does Costa Rica rank for afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o?
Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 222 countries with data for 2023.
Is afolu — emissions (co2eq) from n2o rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
276 places, 9,163 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf