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Greenhouse gas emissions — Nicaragua

Greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua in 2024 — 38.64 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 88 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 366.2%.

2024 38.64 Mt CO₂e +2.85% vs 2023
World rank 88of 199
Period maximum 99.5 Mt CO₂e1999
Period minimum 4.29 Mt CO₂e1866

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Nicaragua, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 8.29 Mt CO₂e1853: 5.78 Mt CO₂e1856: 5.11 Mt CO₂e1859: 4.76 Mt CO₂e1862: 5.1 Mt CO₂e1865: 4.72 Mt CO₂e1868: 4.72 Mt CO₂e1871: 5.81 Mt CO₂e1874: 8.96 Mt CO₂e1877: 9.74 Mt CO₂e1880: 8.79 Mt CO₂e1883: 10.61 Mt CO₂e1886: 10.3 Mt CO₂e1889: 10.53 Mt CO₂e1892: 12.87 Mt CO₂e1895: 13.05 Mt CO₂e1898: 10.84 Mt CO₂e1901: 11.98 Mt CO₂e1904: 12.82 Mt CO₂e1907: 12.1 Mt CO₂e1910: 13.5 Mt CO₂e1913: 14.13 Mt CO₂e1916: 15.28 Mt CO₂e1919: 14.99 Mt CO₂e1922: 28.81 Mt CO₂e1925: 30.24 Mt CO₂e1928: 31.61 Mt CO₂e1931: 32.58 Mt CO₂e1934: 33.32 Mt CO₂e1937: 32.75 Mt CO₂e1940: 39.25 Mt CO₂e1943: 50.42 Mt CO₂e1946: 53.39 Mt CO₂e1949: 51.38 Mt CO₂e1952: 60.99 Mt CO₂e1955: 71.18 Mt CO₂e1958: 77.49 Mt CO₂e1961: 44.12 Mt CO₂e1964: 38.48 Mt CO₂e1967: 31.79 Mt CO₂e1970: 30.16 Mt CO₂e1973: 27.86 Mt CO₂e1976: 37.95 Mt CO₂e1979: 30.39 Mt CO₂e1982: 34.76 Mt CO₂e1985: 36.81 Mt CO₂e1988: 45.7 Mt CO₂e1991: 39.1 Mt CO₂e1994: 85.41 Mt CO₂e1997: 90.55 Mt CO₂e2000: 96.13 Mt CO₂e2003: 83.18 Mt CO₂e2006: 58.08 Mt CO₂e2009: 44.47 Mt CO₂e2012: 39.78 Mt CO₂e2015: 40.27 Mt CO₂e2018: 36.71 Mt CO₂e2021: 34.8 Mt CO₂e2024: 38.64 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +30.35 (+366.23%) Average annual rate: 0.89 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 38.64 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Latin America & Caribbean computed 5,256.94 Mt CO₂e
Central America computed 828.52 Mt CO₂e
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 38.64 +1.07 +2.85%
2023 37.57 +0.87 +2.37%
2022 36.7 +1.9 +5.46%
2021 34.8 +0.51 +1.48%
2020 34.29 −1.94 −5.36%
2019 36.24 −0.48 −1.3%
2018 36.71 −4.21 −10.3%
2017 40.93 +0.67 +1.67%
2016 40.26 −0.02 −0.04%
2015 40.27 +5.52 +15.88%
2014 34.75 −2.4 −6.45%
2013 37.15 −2.63 −6.62%
2012 39.78 −1.56 −3.77%
2011 41.34 −2.48 −5.66%
2010 43.82 −0.65 −1.46%
2009 44.47 +0.24 +0.53%
2008 44.24 −7.71 −14.84%
2007 51.95 −6.14 −10.56%
2006 58.08 −1.57 −2.63%
2005 59.65 −10.53 −15.01%
2004 70.18 −13 −15.63%
2003 83.18 +1.09 +1.32%
2002 82.1 −6.22 −7.04%
2001 88.31 −7.82 −8.13%
2000 96.13 −3.37 −3.38%
1999 99.5 +5.62 +5.98%
1998 93.88 +3.33 +3.68%
1997 90.55 −5.03 −5.27%
1996 95.58 +5.08 +5.61%
1995 90.51 +5.1 +5.97%
1994 85.41 +35.2 +70.09%
1993 50.21 +5.22 +11.59%
1992 44.99 +5.89 +15.07%
1991 39.1 −0.09 −0.24%
1990 39.19 −2.37 −5.7%
1989 41.56 −4.14 −9.05%
1988 45.7 +4.68 +11.41%
1987 41.02 +6.67 +19.4%
1986 34.36 −2.46 −6.67%
1985 36.81 −8.53 −18.82%
1984 45.34 +6.58 +16.97%
1983 38.76 +4 +11.52%
1982 34.76 −9.67 −21.76%
1981 44.43 +3.37 +8.21%
1980 41.06 +10.67 +35.09%
1979 30.39 +0.9 +3.06%
1978 29.49 −2.49 −7.8%
1977 31.98 −5.97 −15.73%
1976 37.95 +10.12 +36.36%
1975 27.83 −1.75 −5.91%
1974 29.58 +1.72 +6.18%
1973 27.86 −4.59 −14.15%
1972 32.45 +3.89 +13.61%
1971 28.56 −1.59 −5.29%
1970 30.16 +2.03 +7.2%
1969 28.13 −1.5 −5.07%
1968 29.63 −2.15 −6.77%
1967 31.79 −0.93 −2.83%
1966 32.71 −7.2 −18.05%
1965 39.92 +1.44 +3.73%
1964 38.48 −3.88 −9.16%
1963 42.36 +0.74 +1.78%
1962 41.62 −2.5 −5.66%
1961 44.12 −16.99 −27.81%
1960 61.11 −19.9 −24.56%
1959 81.01 +3.51 +4.53%
1958 77.49 +3.29 +4.44%
1957 74.2 +2.03 +2.82%
1956 72.17 +0.99 +1.39%
1955 71.18 +5.18 +7.85%
1954 66 +0.45 +0.69%
1953 65.54 +4.55 +7.46%
1952 60.99 +5.4 +9.71%
1951 55.59 −0.06 −0.11%
1950 55.65 +4.27 +8.31%
1949 51.38 −0.92 −1.76%
1948 52.3 +4.01 +8.3%
1947 48.29 −5.1 −9.54%
1946 53.39 +2.45 +4.82%
1945 50.93 +1.1 +2.21%
1944 49.83 −0.59 −1.17%
1943 50.42 +0.72 +1.44%
1942 49.71 +4.15 +9.1%
1941 45.56 +6.31 +16.08%
1940 39.25 +5.98 +17.99%
1939 33.26 −3.18 −8.72%
1938 36.44 +3.7 +11.28%
1937 32.75 +0.46 +1.42%
1936 32.29 −0.44 −1.33%
1935 32.73 −0.6 −1.79%
1934 33.32 +1.38 +4.31%
1933 31.95 +1.08 +3.5%
1932 30.87 −1.71 −5.25%
1931 32.58 −0.46 −1.38%
1930 33.03 +4.62 +16.26%
1929 28.41 −3.19 −10.1%
1928 31.61 −0.42 −1.3%
1927 32.02 +1.7 +5.6%
1926 30.32 +0.09 +0.29%
1925 30.24 −2.09 −6.47%
1924 32.33 +3.1 +10.62%
1923 29.23 +0.42 +1.45%
1922 28.81 −0.17 −0.6%
1921 28.98 +8.59 +42.09%
1920 20.4 +5.41 +36.07%
1919 14.99 −0.97 −6.08%
1918 15.96 +0.52 +3.39%
1917 15.44 +0.16 +1.03%
1916 15.28 −2.03 −11.71%
1915 17.31 +3.89 +29%
1914 13.42 −0.72 −5.07%
1913 14.13 −0.71 −4.8%
1912 14.84 +0.43 +2.98%
1911 14.42 +0.91 +6.76%
1910 13.5 −1.48 −9.9%
1909 14.99 +1.59 +11.85%
1908 13.4 +1.3 +10.73%
1907 12.1 −3.61 −22.95%
1906 15.71 +1.29 +8.91%
1905 14.42 +1.6 +12.51%
1904 12.82 −0.62 −4.59%
1903 13.43 −0.61 −4.32%
1902 14.04 +2.06 +17.23%
1901 11.98 +0.78 +6.99%
1900 11.19 −1.44 −11.38%
1899 12.63 +1.79 +16.49%
1898 10.84 −1.85 −14.57%
1897 12.69 −1.18 −8.53%
1896 13.88 +0.83 +6.36%
1895 13.05 +0.06 +0.44%
1894 12.99 +2.69 +26.12%
1893 10.3 −2.57 −19.96%
1892 12.87 +1.91 +17.38%
1891 10.96 −0.86 −7.29%
1890 11.82 +1.29 +12.25%
1889 10.53 +1.68 +18.96%
1888 8.86 −0.77 −7.98%
1887 9.62 −0.67 −6.54%
1886 10.3 −1.53 −12.94%
1885 11.83 +0.82 +7.41%
1884 11.01 +0.4 +3.82%
1883 10.61 +2.33 +28.17%
1882 8.27 −0.11 −1.31%
1881 8.38 −0.41 −4.66%
1880 8.79 −0.37 −4.07%
1879 9.17 +0.28 +3.2%
1878 8.88 −0.85 −8.77%
1877 9.74 +0.13 +1.32%
1876 9.61 +2.04 +26.95%
1875 7.57 −1.39 −15.55%
1874 8.96 +1.73 +23.97%
1873 7.23 −0.82 −10.17%
1872 8.05 +2.25 +38.67%
1871 5.81 +0.97 +20.04%
1870 4.84 −0.04 −0.92%
1869 4.88 +0.16 +3.41%
1868 4.72 +0.09 +2.01%
1867 4.63 +0.34 +7.81%
1866 4.29 −0.43 −9.11%
1865 4.72 −0.2 −4.04%
1864 4.92 −1.17 −19.14%
1863 6.09 +0.98 +19.29%
1862 5.1 +0.48 +10.48%
1861 4.62 −0.49 −9.52%
1860 5.1 +0.35 +7.34%
1859 4.76 −0.55 −10.33%
1858 5.3 −0.03 −0.53%
1857 5.33 +0.22 +4.3%
1856 5.11 −0.05 −1.03%
1855 5.16 −0.68 −11.62%
1854 5.84 +0.06 +1.07%
1853 5.78 −1.34 −18.79%
1852 7.12 −1.13 −13.66%
1851 8.25 −0.04 −0.52%
1850 8.29 — —

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

BZ Belize 7.95 SV El Salvador 9.87 CR Costa Rica 14.98 PA Panama 21.15 HN Honduras 34.53 NI Nicaragua 38.64 GT Guatemala 65.67 MX Mexico 635.72
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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