Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica stood at 0.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 90th of 117 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
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More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 5.15 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Urban population 4.11 million (2025)
- Urban population 79.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 285.80 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.71 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Costa Rica was 0.0% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2002.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 90th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.