Share global food emissions in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Share global food emissions was 0.1176 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Share global food emissions in Costa Rica, 1990–2015
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 0.1176 for share global food emissions in 2015.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and up 217.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global food emissions in Costa Rica peaked at 0.1223 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0364, in 2006.
Costa Rica ranks 93rd of 217 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share global food emissions in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0828 | — |
| 1991 | 0.083 | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0859 | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0862 | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0839 | -2.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0798 | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0821 | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.0777 | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 0.0812 | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0816 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0815 | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0425 | -47.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0383 | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 0.0447 | +16.7% |
| 2004 | 0.0365 | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0371 | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.0364 | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.0397 | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0403 | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0395 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0427 | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 0.1223 | +186.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1209 | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1214 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.1197 | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 0.1176 | -1.8% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.1176 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0733, 1.6× the median. (77 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.1176 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0713, 1.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share global food 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +186.0% | 0.0427 | 0.1223 |
| 2001 | -47.9% | 0.0815 | 0.0425 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0824 | 0.0777 | 0.0862 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0436 | 0.0364 | 0.0815 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1074 | 0.0427 | 0.1223 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 108.28 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 2.35 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global food emissions in Costa Rica?
- Share global food emissions in Costa Rica was 0.1176 in 2015, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global food emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1223 in 2011.
- What is the lowest share global food emissions recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0364 in 2006.
- How does Costa Rica rank for share global food emissions?
- Costa Rica ranks 93rd out of 217 countries with data for 2015.
- Is share global food emissions rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 217.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share global food emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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