Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) was 1,275 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in Costa Rica, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1,275 kt for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) 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 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Costa Rica peaked at 1,275 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,125 kt, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 90th of 192 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,162 kt | 1,125 kt | 1,186 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,205 kt | 1,189 kt | 1,224 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,251 kt | 1,230 kt | 1,266 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,270 kt | 1,267 kt | 1,275 kt | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More climate change data for Costa Rica
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 3,751 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 942.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 2,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 3.56 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 100.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 688.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 623.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 65.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 2.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 2.34 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Costa Rica?
- Solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in Costa Rica was 1,275 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1,275 kt in 2023.
- What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,125 kt in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq)?
- Costa Rica ranks 90th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.