Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Food Household Consumption — Emissions was 0.0177 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.0177 kt
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
101st
of 204 countries
All-time high
0.0177 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.0036 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Household Consumption — Emissions in Costa Rica, 1990–2023

0.0050.010.0150.021990200620231990: 0.004 kt1991: 0.004 kt1992: 0.004 kt1993: 0.004 kt1994: 0.01 kt1995: 0.008 kt1996: 0.006 kt1997: 0.007 kt1998: 0.008 kt1999: 0.009 kt2000: 0.01 kt2001: 0.01 kt2002: 0.012 kt2003: 0.011 kt2004: 0.007 kt2005: 0.009 kt2006: 0.009 kt2007: 0.009 kt2008: 0.009 kt2009: 0.01 kt2010: 0.01 kt2011: 0.01 kt2012: 0.01 kt2013: 0.011 kt2014: 0.011 kt2015: 0.012 kt2016: 0.013 kt2017: 0.013 kt2018: 0.014 kt2019: 0.014 kt2020: 0.015 kt2021: 0.016 kt2022: 0.018 kt2023: 0.018 kt

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

Analysis

In 2023, food household consumption — emissions in Costa Rica stood at 0.0177 kt. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 64.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0177 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0036 kt, in 1990.

That places Costa Rica 101st out of 204 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0063 kt 0.0036 kt 0.0097 kt 10
2000s 0.0097 kt 0.0075 kt 0.0124 kt 10
2010s 0.0119 kt 0.0099 kt 0.0142 kt 10
2020s 0.0167 kt 0.015 kt 0.0177 kt 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 98 Denmark 0.0186 kt compare
  2. 99 Burkina Faso 0.018 kt compare
  3. 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0178 kt compare
  4. 102 Finland 0.0175 kt compare
  5. 103 Croatia 0.0172 kt compare
  6. 104 Cameroon 0.0171 kt compare

See the full ranking of 261 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is food household consumption — emissions in Costa Rica?
Food household consumption — emissions in Costa Rica was 0.0177 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.0177 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0036 kt in 1990.
How does Costa Rica rank for food household consumption — emissions?
Costa Rica ranks 101st out of 204 countries with data for 2023.
Is food household consumption — emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 64.4%. 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 Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
261 places, 8,371 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.