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Costa Rica: Methane (CH4) emissions from Building

0.03Mt CO2e · 2024-51.2% since 2014

A measure of annual emissions of methane (CH4), 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). Reported as: Energy. Annual figures for Costa Rica from 1970 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (Mt CO2e)Note
20240.027
20230.027
20220.027
20210.027
20200.027
20190.026
20180.026
20170.028
20160.031
20150.054
20140.056
20130.065
20120.067
20110.075
20100.086
20090.081
20080.098
20070.106
20060.128
20050.107
20040.086
20030.044
20020.038
20010.03
20000.021
19990.018
19980.018
19970.028
19960.067
19950.067
19940.064
19930.064
19920.064
19910.062
19900.06
19890.059
19880.057
19870.056
19860.054
19850.053
19840.051
19830.05
19820.049
19810.048
19800.046
19790.045
19780.044
19770.043
19760.042
19750.041
19740.04
19730.039
19720.038
19710.037
19700.037

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Joint Research Centre, European Commission, International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Methane (CH4) emissions from Building. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-methane-ch4-emissions-from-building (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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