Costa Rica - Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Energy

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 2005 to 2015

Since 2010, Costa Rica Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Energy grew 0.8% year on year. In 2015, the country was ranked number 38 among other countries in Greenhouse Gases Emissions from Energy with 7,294 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. Costa Rica is overtaken by Latvia, which was number 37 at 7,458.31 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Iceland with 1,888.33 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. United States lead the ranking with 5,465,486.43 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, that is -1.5% versus 2018. Russia, Japan and Germany respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Chile recorded the best 5 years average growth at +3.5% per year, while United Kingdom was the worst growing country at -3.4% per year.