Costa Rica CO2 emissions data for 2002

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Costa Rica emit in 2002?

Costa Rica emitted 6.25 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2002. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Costa Rica in 2002?

In 2002, Costa Rica emitted 1.51 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4122628.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 6.25 million tonnes emitted by Costa Rica in 2002 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 5.61 1.36
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.14 0.03
Cement 0.5 0.12
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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