How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre
Change on year
down 9.4%
World rank
102nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.9976 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2002
All-time low
0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre
in 1966
Years of data
59
1965–2023
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, 1965–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica stood at 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% on the previous year and down 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9976 metric tons per square kilometre in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1966.
That places Costa Rica 102nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0666 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0685 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0979 metric tons per square kilometre | +42.9% |
| 1969 | 0.0803 metric tons per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1586 metric tons per square kilometre | +97.6% |
| 1971 | 0.2068 metric tons per square kilometre | +30.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2458 metric tons per square kilometre | +18.8% |
| 1973 | 0.2421 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.3046 metric tons per square kilometre | +25.8% |
| 1975 | 0.3168 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2781 metric tons per square kilometre | -12.2% |
| 1977 | 0.3016 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 0.4437 metric tons per square kilometre | +47.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4071 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3222 metric tons per square kilometre | -20.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3144 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.2473 metric tons per square kilometre | -21.3% |
| 1983 | 0.2191 metric tons per square kilometre | -11.4% |
| 1984 | 0.3246 metric tons per square kilometre | +48.2% |
| 1985 | 0.4013 metric tons per square kilometre | +23.6% |
| 1986 | 0.4516 metric tons per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3376 metric tons per square kilometre | -25.2% |
| 1988 | 0.3343 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3416 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 0.371 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3529 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3575 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 0.382 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 0.4121 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 0.4739 metric tons per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 0.6134 metric tons per square kilometre | +29.4% |
| 1997 | 0.6599 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 0.6384 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 0.7316 metric tons per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8788 metric tons per square kilometre | +20.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8722 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 0.9976 metric tons per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9812 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 0.8756 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8916 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7669 metric tons per square kilometre | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8914 metric tons per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9492 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 0.8729 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.8765 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8156 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 0.8291 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9579 metric tons per square kilometre | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 0.813 metric tons per square kilometre | -15.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7503 metric tons per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2016 | 0.6657 metric tons per square kilometre | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6585 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7124 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 2019 | 0.7798 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8411 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.9% |
| 2021 | 0.9187 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9879 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.4% |
Costa Rica compared with similar countries
- Costa Rica's 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.48 metric tons per square kilometre, 60% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Costa Rica's 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.1 metric tons per square kilometre, 81% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +97.6% | 0.0803 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1586 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0756 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0979 metric tons per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.2905 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.1586 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.4437 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3294 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.2191 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.4516 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4993 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.3529 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.7316 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.8977 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.7669 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.9976 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7859 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.6585 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.9579 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9107 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.8411 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.9879 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 99 Aruba 0.9528 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 100 Armenia 0.9185 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 101 Cayman Islands 0.8958 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 103 Pakistan 0.8804 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 104 Iran 0.8741 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 105 Bahamas 0.8692 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Costa Rica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2987 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.406 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0907 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica?
- How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Costa Rica was 0.8949 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9976 metric tons per square kilometre in 2002.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0646 metric tons per square kilometre in 1966.
- How does Costa Rica rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 102nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
How have things changed? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.