Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Food Processing — Emissions was 0.0061 kt in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.0061 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
47th
of 98 countries
All-time high
0.0209 kt
in 2008
All-time low
0.0005 kt
in 2004
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica, 1990–2023

00.0050.010.0150.021990200620231990: 0.01 kt1991: 0.011 kt1992: 0.008 kt1993: 0.011 kt1994: 0.011 kt1995: 0.012 kt1996: 0.012 kt1997: 0.012 kt1998: 0.001 kt1999: 0.001 kt2000: 0.001 kt2001: 0.002 kt2002: 0.003 kt2003: 0.001 kt2004: 0.001 kt2005: 0.003 kt2006: 0.017 kt2007: 0.019 kt2008: 0.021 kt2009: 0.004 kt2010: 0.004 kt2011: 0.004 kt2012: 0.004 kt2013: 0.004 kt2014: 0.004 kt2015: 0.004 kt2016: 0.008 kt2017: 0.006 kt2018: 0.007 kt2019: 0.005 kt2020: 0.006 kt2021: 0.008 kt2022: 0.006 kt2023: 0.006 kt

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

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.0061 kt for food processing — emissions in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 44.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, food processing — emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 0.0209 kt in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 kt, in 2004.

Costa Rica ranks 47th of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Food Processing — Emissions (N2O) in Costa Rica, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 0.0105 kt —
1991 0.0107 kt +2.5%
1992 0.0078 kt -27.0%
1993 0.011 kt +40.1%
1994 0.011 kt +0.1%
1995 0.012 kt +9.1%
1996 0.012 kt +0.0%
1997 0.012 kt +0.0%
1998 0.0006 kt -94.6%
1999 0.0006 kt -3.7%
2000 0.0007 kt +9.7%
2001 0.0016 kt +135.3%
2002 0.0025 kt +57.5%
2003 0.0007 kt -72.7%
2004 0.0005 kt -23.8%
2005 0.0031 kt +500.0%
2006 0.017 kt +439.5%
2007 0.0191 kt +12.4%
2008 0.0209 kt +9.8%
2009 0.0044 kt -79.0%
2010 0.0044 kt +0.5%
2011 0.0042 kt -4.3%
2012 0.0043 kt +1.9%
2013 0.0042 kt -1.7%
2014 0.0041 kt -4.2%
2015 0.0042 kt +2.7%
2016 0.0079 kt +89.7%
2017 0.0061 kt -22.4%
2018 0.0069 kt +12.8%
2019 0.0047 kt -32.4%
2020 0.0056 kt +19.0%
2021 0.0079 kt +41.6%
2022 0.0061 kt -22.3%
2023 0.0061 kt +0.0%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.0061 kt is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0068 kt, 90% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.0061 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0061 kt, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2005 +500.0% 0.0005 kt 0.0031 kt
2006 +439.5% 0.0031 kt 0.017 kt
2001 +135.3% 0.0007 kt 0.0016 kt

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0088 kt 0.0006 kt 0.012 kt 10
2000s 0.0071 kt 0.0005 kt 0.0209 kt 10
2010s 0.0051 kt 0.0041 kt 0.0079 kt 10
2020s 0.0064 kt 0.0056 kt 0.0079 kt 4

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 44 Argentina 0.0068 kt compare
  2. 45 Ireland 0.0064 kt compare
  3. 46 Austria 0.0062 kt compare
  4. 48 Switzerland 0.0059 kt compare
  5. 49 Uzbekistan 0.0059 kt compare
  6. 50 Chile 0.0059 kt compare

See the full ranking of 139 places →

More climate change data for Costa Rica

All data for Costa Rica →

Frequently asked questions

What is food processing — emissions in Costa Rica?
Food processing — emissions in Costa Rica was 0.0061 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest food processing — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.0209 kt in 2008.
What is the lowest food processing — emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 kt in 2004.
How does Costa Rica rank for food processing — emissions?
Costa Rica ranks 47th out of 98 countries with data for 2023.
Is food processing — emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
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 Processing — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-processing-emissions-n2o/costa-rica/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/food-processing-emissions-n2o/costa-rica/">Food Processing — Emissions in Costa Rica</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food Processing — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
139 places, 3,693 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.