Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions was 0.145 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.145 kt
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
121st
of 205 countries
All-time high
0.145 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.0736 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in Costa Rica, 1990–2023

00.050.10.151990200620231990: 0.074 kt1991: 0.075 kt1992: 0.074 kt1993: 0.078 kt1994: 0.082 kt1995: 0.088 kt1996: 0.085 kt1997: 0.089 kt1998: 0.089 kt1999: 0.094 kt2000: 0.099 kt2001: 0.096 kt2002: 0.099 kt2003: 0.101 kt2004: 0.103 kt2005: 0.105 kt2006: 0.109 kt2007: 0.113 kt2008: 0.116 kt2009: 0.118 kt2010: 0.119 kt2011: 0.121 kt2012: 0.12 kt2013: 0.122 kt2014: 0.123 kt2015: 0.124 kt2016: 0.129 kt2017: 0.132 kt2018: 0.136 kt2019: 0.145 kt2020: 0.144 kt2021: 0.143 kt2022: 0.144 kt2023: 0.145 kt

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.145 kt for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 0.145 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0736 kt, in 1990.

That places Costa Rica 121st out of 205 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (N2O) in Costa Rica, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0736 kt
1991 0.0749 kt +1.8%
1992 0.0739 kt -1.3%
1993 0.0775 kt +4.8%
1994 0.0818 kt +5.6%
1995 0.0876 kt +7.1%
1996 0.0848 kt -3.2%
1997 0.0891 kt +5.0%
1998 0.0891 kt +0.1%
1999 0.0944 kt +6.0%
2000 0.099 kt +4.9%
2001 0.0962 kt -2.8%
2002 0.0994 kt +3.3%
2003 0.1013 kt +1.9%
2004 0.1025 kt +1.2%
2005 0.1049 kt +2.3%
2006 0.1092 kt +4.1%
2007 0.1131 kt +3.6%
2008 0.1157 kt +2.3%
2009 0.1183 kt +2.3%
2010 0.1195 kt +1.0%
2011 0.121 kt +1.2%
2012 0.1196 kt -1.1%
2013 0.1218 kt +1.8%
2014 0.1228 kt +0.8%
2015 0.1235 kt +0.6%
2016 0.1294 kt +4.7%
2017 0.1322 kt +2.1%
2018 0.1357 kt +2.6%
2019 0.1446 kt +6.6%
2020 0.1445 kt -0.1%
2021 0.1426 kt -1.3%
2022 0.1444 kt +1.2%
2023 0.145 kt +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0827 kt 0.0736 kt 0.0944 kt 10
2000s 0.106 kt 0.0962 kt 0.1183 kt 10
2010s 0.127 kt 0.1195 kt 0.1446 kt 10
2020s 0.1441 kt 0.1426 kt 0.145 kt 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 118 Sierra Leone 0.1557 kt compare
  2. 119 Mauritania 0.1502 kt compare
  3. 120 Georgia 0.1484 kt compare
  4. 122 Panama 0.1301 kt compare
  5. 123 Uruguay 0.1246 kt compare
  6. 124 Congo 0.1228 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Costa Rica?
Agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions in Costa Rica was 0.145 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.145 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0736 kt in 1990.
How does Costa Rica rank for agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions?
Costa Rica ranks 121st out of 205 countries with data for 2023.
Is agrifood systems waste disposal — emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. 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 Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
257 places, 8,503 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food 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). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.