Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.1084 Mt CO2e against 0.0948 Mt CO2e in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0136 Mt CO2e.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 130th and Nicaragua ranks 127th of 203 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2391 Mt CO2e | 0.0395 Mt CO2e | 0.1996 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.1598 Mt CO2e | 0.0535 Mt CO2e | 0.1062 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.2361 Mt CO2e | 0.0623 Mt CO2e | 0.1738 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 0.0848 Mt CO2e | 0.0761 Mt CO2e | 0.0087 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.0959 Mt CO2e | 0.0854 Mt CO2e | 0.0105 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.0914 Mt CO2e | 0.0971 Mt CO2e | 0.0057 Mt CO2e | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from industrial processes, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.1084 Mt CO2e against 0.0948 Mt CO2e in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from industrial processes between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 0.0136 Mt CO2e, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from industrial processes?
- Costa Rica ranks 130th and Nicaragua ranks 127th of 203 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 Industrial Processes (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from industrial processes including IPCC 2006 codes 2.A.1 Cement production, 2.A.2 Lime production, 2.A.3 Glass Production, 2.A.4 Other Process Uses of Carbonates, 2.B Chemical Industry, 2.C Metal Industry, 2.D Non-Energy Products from Fuels and Solvent Use, 2.E Electronics Industry, 2.F Product Uses as Substitutes for Ozone Depleting Substances, 2.G Other Product Manufacture and Use and 5.A Indirect N2O emissions from the atmospheric deposition of nitrogen in NOx and NH3). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).