Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires was 0.2959 in 2019. β–² Rising

Latest (2019)
0.2959
Change on year
down 5.8%
World rank
84th
of 207 countries
All-time high
0.4666
in 2016
All-time low
0.0594
in 1997
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires in Costa Rica, 1990–2019

0.10.20.30.40.51990200420191990: 0.221991: 0.221992: 0.221993: 0.221994: 0.221995: 0.221996: 0.11997: 0.0591998: 0.0821999: 0.0942000: 0.0912001: 0.3152002: 0.1842003: 0.3312004: 0.2892005: 0.1712006: 0.1222007: 0.1932008: 0.1432009: 0.1532010: 0.1872011: 0.0662012: 0.1962013: 0.4442014: 0.332015: 0.2922016: 0.4672017: 0.252018: 0.3142019: 0.296

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.2959 for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in 2019.

That represents a change of down 5.8% on the previous year and up 93.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in Costa Rica peaked at 0.4666 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0594, in 1997.

That places Costa Rica 84th out of 207 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1658 0.0594 0.2204 10
2000s 0.1993 0.091 0.3305 10
2010s 0.2842 0.0655 0.4666 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

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  3. 83 Lesotho 0.3291 compare
  4. 85 France 0.2818 compare
  5. 86 Bangladesh 0.2455 compare
  6. 87 Pakistan 0.2095 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in Costa Rica?
Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires in Costa Rica was 0.2959 in 2019, according to FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT.
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.4666 in 2016.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0594 in 1997.
How does Costa Rica rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires?
Costa Rica ranks 84th out of 207 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - savanna fires rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 93.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT, published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires
Source
FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
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The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated from agriculture and forest land. They consist of methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from crop and livestock activities, forest management and include land use and land use change processes. Data are computed at Tier 1 of the IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Estimates are available by country, with global coverage for the period 1961–2019 with projections for 2030 and 2050 for some categories of emissions or 1990–2019 for others. The database is updated annually. The FAOSTAT domain Emissions Totals disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O and CO2 emissions/removals and their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 106 kg). The latter are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014).