Costa Rica vs Zambia: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy)

Costa Rica
0.5188 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Zambia
0.4714 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
121st
Zambia rank
124th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.5188 Mt CO2e against 0.4714 Mt CO2e in Zambia, a difference of 0.0474 Mt CO2e.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Zambia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 121st and Zambia ranks 124th of 193 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Zambia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0929 Mt CO2e 0.3125 Mt CO2e 0.2197 Mt CO2e Zambia
1980s 0.0759 Mt CO2e 0.3356 Mt CO2e 0.2597 Mt CO2e Zambia
1990s 0.3342 Mt CO2e 0.241 Mt CO2e 0.0932 Mt CO2e Costa Rica
2000s 0.5066 Mt CO2e 0.1892 Mt CO2e 0.3175 Mt CO2e Costa Rica
2010s 0.4504 Mt CO2e 0.2963 Mt CO2e 0.1541 Mt CO2e Costa Rica
2020s 0.5342 Mt CO2e 0.4107 Mt CO2e 0.1235 Mt CO2e Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy), Costa Rica or Zambia?
Costa Rica, at 0.5188 Mt CO2e against 0.4714 Mt CO2e in Zambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy) between Costa Rica and Zambia?
0.0474 Mt CO2e, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions from building (energy)?
Costa Rica ranks 121st and Zambia ranks 124th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
240 places, 13,200 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).