TROPICAL RAINFORESTS

Graph: Carbon dioxide emissions for Costa Rica

Includes carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion, cement manufacture, and gas flaring, but excludes emissions from Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF).

Chart: Carbon emissions per capita for Costa Rica (metric tons of carbon) Table of annual carbon emissions and per capita emissions for Costa Rica . All emission estimates are expressed in thousand metric tons of carbon. Per capita emission estimates are expressed in metric tons of carbon. YEAR Carbon emissions Per capita emissions 1950 78 0.08 1951 85 0.09 1952 106 0.1 1953 118 0.11 1954 111 0.1 1955 95 0.08 1956 132 0.11 1957 126 0.1 1958 122 0.1 1959 105 0.08 1960 134 0.1 1961 134 0.1 1962 150 0.1 1963 164 0.11 1964 184 0.12 1965 231 0.15 1966 271 0.17 1967 239 0.14 1968 283 0.16 1969 313 0.18 1970 341 0.19 1971 417 0.23 1972 481 0.26 1973 558 0.29 1974 520 0.27 1975 556 0.28 1976 569 0.28 1977 713 0.35 1978 797 0.38 1979 762 0.35 1980 672 0.3 1981 614 0.27 1982 569 0.24 1983 574 0.24 1984 546 0.22 1985 618 0.25 1986 711 0.28 1987 752 0.29 1988 802 0.3 1989 811 0.3 1990 806 0.29 1991 910 0.32 1992 1034 0.35 1993 1078 0.36 1994 1437 0.47 1995 1327 0.42 1996 1295 0.4 1997 1360 0.42 1998 1450 0.43 1999 1506 0.44 2000 1493 0.39 2001 1571 0.4 2002 1725 0.43 2003 1871 0.46 2004 1938 0.46 2005 1985 0.47 2006 2142 0.49 All data from the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Data excludes emissions from land use and agriculture (including deforestation). CITATION: Tom Boden, Gregg Marland, Robert J. Andres. Global CO2 Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Burning, Cement Manufacture, and Gas Flaring: 1751-2006. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Oak Ridge, Tennessee. April 29, 2009. doi 10.3334/CDIAC/00001

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