Costa Rica CO2 emissions data for 2009

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Costa Rica emit in 2009?

Costa Rica emitted 7.75 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2009. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Costa Rica in 2009?

In 2009, Costa Rica emitted 1.7 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 4563131.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 7.75 million tonnes emitted by Costa Rica in 2009 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 6.91 1.51
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.01 0.0
Cement 0.83 0.18
Flaring 0.0 0.0

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