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Costa Rica: Carbon intensity of electricity generation

24.58gCO2e per kWh · 2025-27.1% since 2015

Emissions per unit of electricity generated, as estimated by Ember. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (gCO2e per kWh)Note
202524.583
202425.818
202325.256
202224.759
202126.551
202028.072
201931.961
201834.615
201729.078
201638.49
201533.705
201493.019
2013103.238
201280.317
201183.59
201070.347
200958.333
200872.553
200777.84
200665.777
200547.863
200431.328
200340
200236.792
200135.072
200031.487

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Carbon intensity of electricity generation. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-carbon-intensity (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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