CO₂ emissions per capita: Costa Rica
1.7077205 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 155 years from 1870 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.7077205 |
| 2023 | 1.6594821 |
| 2022 | 1.5762514 |
| 2021 | 1.5149114 |
| 2020 | 1.3416045 |
| 2019 | 1.5322173 |
| 2018 | 1.6069579 |
| 2017 | 1.625584 |
| 2016 | 1.6085756 |
| 2015 | 1.5261014 |
| 2014 | 1.6156219 |
| 2013 | 1.6079941 |
| 2012 | 1.5473616 |
| 2011 | 1.5784479 |
| 2010 | 1.637679 |
| 2009 | 1.7096632 |
| 2008 | 1.786941 |
| 2007 | 1.8050741 |
| 2006 | 1.6143328 |
| 2005 | 1.5628277 |
| 2004 | 1.6182607 |
| 2003 | 1.5828342 |
| 2002 | 1.524723 |
| 2001 | 1.4063284 |
| 2000 | 1.3630247 |
| 1999 | 1.4021941 |
| 1998 | 1.3782653 |
| 1997 | 1.3237193 |
| 1996 | 1.2913505 |
| 1995 | 1.3545603 |
| 1994 | 1.5033114 |
| 1993 | 1.1526568 |
| 1992 | 1.137339 |
| 1991 | 1.0250698 |
| 1990 | 0.9319116 |
| 1989 | 0.96253824 |
| 1988 | 0.9780348 |
| 1987 | 0.9406333 |
| 1986 | 0.91402763 |
| 1985 | 0.81712264 |
| 1984 | 0.7419382 |
| 1983 | 0.80440015 |
| 1982 | 0.81961894 |
| 1981 | 0.90980214 |
| 1980 | 1.023707 |
| 1979 | 1.1949774 |
| 1978 | 1.2856743 |
| 1977 | 1.1823318 |
| 1976 | 0.96923935 |
| 1975 | 0.9728253 |
| 1974 | 0.93353856 |
| 1973 | 1.0276937 |
| 1972 | 0.9087084 |
| 1971 | 0.80857146 |
| 1970 | 0.6790199 |
| 1969 | 0.64058024 |
| 1968 | 0.59571 |
| 1967 | 0.51804227 |
| 1966 | 0.6058589 |
| 1965 | 0.53328806 |
| 1964 | 0.4394211 |
| 1963 | 0.40557098 |
| 1962 | 0.3844849 |
| 1961 | 0.35631728 |
| 1960 | 0.3698498 |
| 1959 | 0.30089325 |
| 1958 | 0.36296052 |
| 1957 | 0.3890521 |
| 1956 | 0.4228232 |
| 1955 | 0.3155597 |
| 1954 | 0.38219857 |
| 1953 | 0.4209813 |
| 1952 | 0.39159507 |
| 1951 | 0.32575244 |
| 1950 | 0.30878943 |
| 1949 | 0.00041698824 |
| 1948 | 0.008647564 |
| 1947 | 0.00044618716 |
| 1946 | 0.00046140113 |
| 1945 | 0.0004771344 |
| 1944 | 0.007911249 |
| 1943 | 0.0009523364 |
| 1942 | 0.0010593951 |
| 1941 | 0.00054438756 |
| 1940 | 0.005616865 |
| 1939 | 0.0005754199 |
| 1938 | 0.0011834593 |
| 1937 | 0.012672097 |
| 1936 | 0.0012354846 |
| 1935 | 0.012600457 |
| 1934 | 0.0006423774 |
| 1933 | 0.000656345 |
| 1932 | 0.012099188 |
| 1931 | 0.010416928 |
| 1930 | 0.020609623 |
| 1929 | 0.037689045 |
| 1928 | 0.038507674 |
| 1927 | 0.0029570314 |
| 1926 | 0.0030090408 |
| 1925 | 0.0061239265 |
| 1924 | 0.018452715 |
| 1923 | 0.016615205 |
| 1922 | 0.0124313785 |
| 1921 | 0.018333405 |
| 1920 | 0.07825265 |
| 1919 | 0.067893915 |
| 1918 | 0.009416962 |
| 1917 | 0.060441766 |
| 1916 | 0.13358782 |
| 1915 | 0.16839007 |
| 1914 | 0.23643315 |
| 1913 | 0.27306336 |
| 1912 | 0.27737677 |
| 1911 | 0.27829885 |
| 1910 | 0.2507532 |
| 1909 | 0.1350532 |
| 1908 | 0.23929965 |
| 1907 | 0.16915083 |
| 1906 | 0.21296695 |
| 1905 | 0.069411315 |
| 1904 | 0.10092734 |
| 1903 | 0.11318869 |
| 1902 | 0.06712658 |
| 1901 | 0.09847325 |
| 1900 | 0.09564817 |
| 1899 | 0.09535049 |
| 1898 | 0.108018935 |
| 1897 | 0.07887114 |
| 1896 | 0.0914309 |
| 1895 | 0.082349025 |
| 1894 | 0.10648901 |
| 1893 | 0.10347591 |
| 1892 | 0.13348937 |
| 1891 | 0.04662152 |
| 1890 | 0.06371388 |
| 1889 | 0.02231226 |
| 1888 | 0.002581217 |
| 1887 | 0.0069775386 |
| 1886 | 0.011130427 |
| 1885 | 0.005211924 |
| 1884 | 0.008237571 |
| 1883 | 0.003300664 |
| 1882 | 0.00040723084 |
| 1881 | 0.00048621453 |
| 1880 | 0.0029059649 |
| 1879 | 0.0051406897 |
| 1878 | 0.003056837 |
| 1877 | 0.0005306019 |
| 1876 | 0.00018418176 |
| 1875 | 0.00015913334 |
| 1874 | 0.0004035258 |
| 1873 | 0.00014939139 |
| 1872 | 0.00005352961 |
| 1871 | 0.00005498584 |
| 1870 | 0.000021117541 |