Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 120.79 Index in 2021. ▲ Rising
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Costa Rica, 1990–2021
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2021, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Costa Rica stood at 120.79 Index. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Costa Rica peaked at 120.79 Index in 2021 and was at its lowest, 97.49 Index, in 1996.
Costa Rica ranks 24th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 104.98 Index | — |
| 1991 | 102.03 Index | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 100.77 Index | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 99.21 Index | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 99.1 Index | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 97.88 Index | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 97.49 Index | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 98.88 Index | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 99.37 Index | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 99.84 Index | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 100.64 Index | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 103.75 Index | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 105.81 Index | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 107.28 Index | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 108.34 Index | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 108.87 Index | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 111.72 Index | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 112.44 Index | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 115.58 Index | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 119.02 Index | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 120.37 Index | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 112.19 Index | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 109.54 Index | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 107.37 Index | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 109.1 Index | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 110.67 Index | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 112.78 Index | +1.9% |
| 2018 | 115.85 Index | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 119 Index | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 112.54 Index | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 120.79 Index | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 99.95 Index | 97.49 Index | 104.98 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 107.44 Index | 100 Index | 115.58 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.59 Index | 107.37 Index | 120.37 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 116.67 Index | 112.54 Index | 120.79 Index | 2 |
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- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.35 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Costa Rica?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Costa Rica was 120.79 Index in 2021, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 120.79 Index in 2021.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 97.49 Index in 1996.
- How does Costa Rica rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- Costa Rica ranks 24th out of 67 countries with data for 2021.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation