Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 was 0.4954 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.4954 kt
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
101st
of 202 countries
All-time high
0.4954 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.1015 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Costa Rica, 1990–2023

0.10.20.30.40.51990200620231990: 0.102 kt1991: 0.112 kt1992: 0.117 kt1993: 0.125 kt1994: 0.27 kt1995: 0.215 kt1996: 0.175 kt1997: 0.19 kt1998: 0.215 kt1999: 0.248 kt2000: 0.271 kt2001: 0.274 kt2002: 0.347 kt2003: 0.308 kt2004: 0.21 kt2005: 0.258 kt2006: 0.252 kt2007: 0.261 kt2008: 0.266 kt2009: 0.269 kt2010: 0.276 kt2011: 0.281 kt2012: 0.289 kt2013: 0.301 kt2014: 0.32 kt2015: 0.334 kt2016: 0.36 kt2017: 0.369 kt2018: 0.389 kt2019: 0.399 kt2020: 0.419 kt2021: 0.462 kt2022: 0.494 kt2023: 0.495 kt

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.4954 kt for food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 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 64.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4954 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1015 kt, in 1990.

Costa Rica ranks 101st of 202 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.

Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) in Costa Rica, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.1015 kt
1991 0.1115 kt +9.9%
1992 0.1171 kt +5.0%
1993 0.1252 kt +6.9%
1994 0.2704 kt +116.0%
1995 0.2148 kt -20.6%
1996 0.1747 kt -18.7%
1997 0.1895 kt +8.5%
1998 0.2151 kt +13.5%
1999 0.2477 kt +15.2%
2000 0.2705 kt +9.2%
2001 0.2736 kt +1.1%
2002 0.3468 kt +26.8%
2003 0.3083 kt -11.1%
2004 0.2097 kt -32.0%
2005 0.2578 kt +22.9%
2006 0.2521 kt -2.2%
2007 0.2607 kt +3.4%
2008 0.2658 kt +2.0%
2009 0.2685 kt +1.0%
2010 0.2761 kt +2.8%
2011 0.281 kt +1.8%
2012 0.2891 kt +2.9%
2013 0.3013 kt +4.2%
2014 0.3204 kt +6.3%
2015 0.3336 kt +4.1%
2016 0.3604 kt +8.0%
2017 0.3693 kt +2.5%
2018 0.3885 kt +5.2%
2019 0.3986 kt +2.6%
2020 0.4192 kt +5.2%
2021 0.4618 kt +10.2%
2022 0.4936 kt +6.9%
2023 0.4954 kt +0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1768 kt 0.1015 kt 0.2704 kt 10
2000s 0.2714 kt 0.2097 kt 0.3468 kt 10
2010s 0.3318 kt 0.2761 kt 0.3986 kt 10
2020s 0.4675 kt 0.4192 kt 0.4954 kt 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 98 Denmark 0.522 kt compare
  2. 99 Burkina Faso 0.5037 kt compare
  3. 100 Trinidad and Tobago 0.4974 kt compare
  4. 102 Finland 0.49 kt compare
  5. 103 Croatia 0.4804 kt compare
  6. 104 Cameroon 0.4797 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Costa Rica?
Food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 in Costa Rica was 0.4954 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.4954 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1015 kt in 1990.
How does Costa Rica rank for food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4?
Costa Rica ranks 101st out of 202 countries with data for 2023.
Is food household consumption — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
254 places, 8,241 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