Per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Per capita methane emissions was 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 1.2%
World rank
77th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1981
All-time low
0.8435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2006
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica is 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1981 and was at its lowest, 0.8435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 2006.
Costa Rica ranks 77th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9687 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9332 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 75 Slovenia 1.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 76 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 78 Dominican Republic 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 79 Cuba 1.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 80 Slovakia 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
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 per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica?
- Per capita methane emissions in Costa Rica was 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1981.
- What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8435 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for per capita methane emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 77th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.