Costa Rica vs Namibia: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy)

Costa Rica
0.0081 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Namibia
0.0084 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
140th
Namibia rank
138th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 0.0084 Mt CO2e against 0.0081 Mt CO2e in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0003 Mt CO2e.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Namibia ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 140th and Namibia ranks 138th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Namibia Difference Ahead
1970s 0.0052 Mt CO2e 0.0081 Mt CO2e 0.0029 Mt CO2e Namibia
1980s 0.0068 Mt CO2e 0.0128 Mt CO2e 0.0059 Mt CO2e Namibia
1990s 0.0221 Mt CO2e 0.0241 Mt CO2e 0.002 Mt CO2e Namibia
2000s 0.0299 Mt CO2e 0.0605 Mt CO2e 0.0306 Mt CO2e Namibia
2010s 0.019 Mt CO2e 0.0068 Mt CO2e 0.0122 Mt CO2e Costa Rica
2020s 0.0123 Mt CO2e 0.0081 Mt CO2e 0.0042 Mt CO2e Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy), Costa Rica or Namibia?
Namibia, at 0.0084 Mt CO2e against 0.0081 Mt CO2e in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy) between Costa Rica and Namibia?
0.0003 Mt CO2e, with Namibia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Namibia?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Namibia rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy)?
Costa Rica ranks 140th and Namibia ranks 138th of 197 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 Nitrous oxide (N2O) 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
Nitrous oxide (N2O) 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
244 places, 13,420 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), 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).