Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture was 1.47 Mt CO2e in 2024. ▲ Rising
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture in Costa Rica, 1970–2024
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission. Measured in Mt CO2e.
Analysis
Costa Rica recorded 1.47 Mt CO2e for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture in 2024. That is the highest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture in Costa Rica peaked at 1.47 Mt CO2e in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.7985 Mt CO2e, in 1970.
That places Costa Rica 106th out of 201 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.9081 Mt CO2e | 0.7985 Mt CO2e | 1.04 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.17 Mt CO2e | 1.06 Mt CO2e | 1.22 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2 Mt CO2e | 1.11 Mt CO2e | 1.28 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.977 Mt CO2e | 0.858 Mt CO2e | 1.08 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.22 Mt CO2e | 1.02 Mt CO2e | 1.45 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 Mt CO2e | 1.27 Mt CO2e | 1.47 Mt CO2e | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
More environment data for Costa Rica
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.9 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 20.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.4173 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.64 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -4.43 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture in Costa Rica?
- Nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture in Costa Rica was 1.47 Mt CO2e in 2024, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission.
- What is the highest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 Mt CO2e in 2024.
- What is the lowest nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7985 Mt CO2e in 1970.
- How does Costa Rica rank for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture?
- Costa Rica ranks 106th out of 201 countries with data for 2024.
- Is nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from agriculture rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as part of Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 55 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agricultural sector. This includes emissions from livestock (IPCC 2006 codes 3.A.1 (enteric fermentation, 3.a.2 (manure management) and crops (IPCC 2006 codes 3.C.1 Emissions from biomass burning, 3.C.2 Liming, 3.C.3 Urea application, 3.C.4 Direct N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.5 Indirect N2O Emissions from managed soils, 3.C.6 Indirect N2O Emissions from manure management, 3.C.7 Rice cultivations). The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).