Costa Rica CO2 emissions data for 2018

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Costa Rica emit in 2018?

Costa Rica emitted 8.01 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2018. This represents 0.02% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Costa Rica in 2018?

In 2018, Costa Rica emitted 1.59 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 5040738.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 8.01 million tonnes emitted by Costa Rica in 2018 come from the following sources:

Source	CO₂ emissions (million tonnes)	CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil	7.49	1.49
Gas	0.0	0.0
Coal	0.0	0.0
Cement	0.52	0.1
Flaring	0.0	0.0

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