Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils was 20.12 N2O in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
20.12 N2O
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
78th
of 102 countries
All-time high
25.44 N2O
in 1990
All-time low
20.12 N2O
in 2018
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils in Costa Rica, 1990–2019

01020301990200420191990: 25.4 N2O1991: 25.4 N2O1992: 25.4 N2O1993: 25.4 N2O1994: 25.4 N2O1995: 25.4 N2O1996: 25.4 N2O1997: 25.4 N2O1998: 25.4 N2O1999: 25.4 N2O2000: 25.4 N2O2001: 25.4 N2O2002: 24.9 N2O2003: 24.1 N2O2004: 24.1 N2O2005: 24.1 N2O2006: 24.1 N2O2007: 24.1 N2O2008: 24.1 N2O2009: 24.1 N2O2010: 24.1 N2O2011: 24.1 N2O2012: 24.1 N2O2013: 24.1 N2O2014: 21.1 N2O2015: 21.1 N2O2016: 21.1 N2O2017: 20.6 N2O2018: 20.1 N2O2019: 20.1 N2O

Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT. Measured in N2O.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 20.12 N2O for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.

The figure is down 16.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Costa Rica peaked at 25.44 N2O in 1990 and was at its lowest, 20.12 N2O, in 2018.

That places Costa Rica 78th out of 102 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 25.44 N2O 25.44 N2O 25.44 N2O 10
2000s 24.45 N2O 24.09 N2O 25.44 N2O 10
2010s 22.04 N2O 20.12 N2O 24.09 N2O 10

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 75 Uruguay 29.1 N2O compare
  2. 76 Belgium 25.63 N2O compare
  3. 77 Slovenia 21.16 N2O compare
  4. 79 Republic of Moldova 19.31 N2O compare
  5. 80 Liberia 15.99 N2O compare
  6. 81 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 15.35 N2O compare

See the full ranking of 102 places β†’

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Costa Rica?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils in Costa Rica was 20.12 N2O 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 (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 25.44 N2O in 1990.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 20.12 N2O in 2018.
How does Costa Rica rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils?
Costa Rica ranks 78th out of 102 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - drained organic soils rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Drained organic soils (N2O)
Unit
N2O
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
102 places, 2,954 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).