Methane emissions — all countries

Methane emissions — Nicaragua

Methane emissions in Nicaragua in 2024 — 11.55 Mt. Ranked 105 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,074.2%.

2024 11.55 Mt +2.05% vs 2023
World rank 105of 199
Period maximum 11.55 Mt2024
Period minimum 0.53 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Methane emissions — Nicaragua, 1850–2024051015185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.53 Mt1853: 0.54 Mt1856: 0.55 Mt1859: 0.56 Mt1862: 0.57 Mt1865: 0.58 Mt1868: 0.59 Mt1871: 0.61 Mt1874: 0.63 Mt1877: 0.65 Mt1880: 0.68 Mt1883: 0.71 Mt1886: 0.74 Mt1889: 0.77 Mt1892: 0.8 Mt1895: 0.83 Mt1898: 0.86 Mt1901: 0.9 Mt1904: 0.95 Mt1907: 1 Mt1910: 1.05 Mt1913: 1.11 Mt1916: 1.16 Mt1919: 1.22 Mt1922: 1.3 Mt1925: 1.39 Mt1928: 1.49 Mt1931: 1.59 Mt1934: 1.68 Mt1937: 1.78 Mt1940: 1.87 Mt1943: 2 Mt1946: 2.13 Mt1949: 2.26 Mt1952: 2.44 Mt1955: 2.68 Mt1958: 2.96 Mt1961: 3.17 Mt1964: 3.58 Mt1967: 4.09 Mt1970: 4.81 Mt1973: 4.69 Mt1976: 5.39 Mt1979: 5.34 Mt1982: 5.1 Mt1985: 5.11 Mt1988: 4.85 Mt1991: 5.38 Mt1994: 6.55 Mt1997: 6.09 Mt2000: 7.07 Mt2003: 7.53 Mt2006: 7.76 Mt2009: 7.92 Mt2012: 9.08 Mt2015: 10.29 Mt2018: 10.47 Mt2021: 11.15 Mt2024: 11.55 Mt
Change over the period: +11.01 (+2,074.2%) Average annual rate: 1.79 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 11.55 Mt
World computed 9,498.91 Mt
Latin America & Caribbean computed 1,231.12 Mt
Central America computed 204.17 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2,489.63 Mt
Methane emissions — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 11.55 +0.23 +2.05%
2023 11.31 +0.02 +0.19%
2022 11.29 +0.15 +1.31%
2021 11.15 +0.12 +1.1%
2020 11.02 +0.33 +3.09%
2019 10.69 +0.22 +2.1%
2018 10.47 +0.24 +2.31%
2017 10.24 −0.1 −0.98%
2016 10.34 +0.05 +0.48%
2015 10.29 +0.35 +3.56%
2014 9.94 +0.41 +4.34%
2013 9.52 +0.44 +4.83%
2012 9.08 +0.32 +3.6%
2011 8.77 +0.67 +8.3%
2010 8.1 +0.18 +2.21%
2009 7.92 +0.07 +0.92%
2008 7.85 +0.07 +0.85%
2007 7.78 +0.03 +0.32%
2006 7.76 +0.12 +1.53%
2005 7.64 +0.33 +4.49%
2004 7.31 −0.21 −2.82%
2003 7.53 +0.31 +4.22%
2002 7.22 +0.11 +1.52%
2001 7.11 +0.04 +0.59%
2000 7.07 +0.22 +3.15%
1999 6.85 +0.91 +15.21%
1998 5.95 −0.14 −2.24%
1997 6.09 +0.44 +7.7%
1996 5.65 −0.17 −2.84%
1995 5.82 −0.73 −11.15%
1994 6.55 +0.07 +1.07%
1993 6.48 +0.61 +10.34%
1992 5.87 +0.49 +9.17%
1991 5.38 −1.07 −16.61%
1990 6.45 +0.61 +10.37%
1989 5.84 +1 +20.53%
1988 4.85 +0.42 +9.42%
1987 4.43 −0.31 −6.6%
1986 4.74 −0.37 −7.27%
1985 5.11 +0.06 +1.25%
1984 5.05 +0.41 +8.74%
1983 4.65 −0.45 −8.87%
1982 5.1 +0.2 +4.11%
1981 4.9 +0.07 +1.51%
1980 4.82 −0.52 −9.75%
1979 5.34 −0.37 −6.49%
1978 5.72 +0.09 +1.55%
1977 5.63 +0.24 +4.43%
1976 5.39 +0.18 +3.44%
1975 5.21 +0.2 +4.08%
1974 5.01 +0.32 +6.74%
1973 4.69 +0.17 +3.83%
1972 4.52 +0.01 +0.18%
1971 4.51 −0.3 −6.16%
1970 4.81 +0.22 +4.87%
1969 4.58 +0.25 +5.67%
1968 4.34 +0.25 +6.14%
1967 4.09 +0.18 +4.56%
1966 3.91 +0.19 +5.11%
1965 3.72 +0.14 +3.83%
1964 3.58 +0.14 +4.01%
1963 3.44 +0.14 +4.18%
1962 3.3 +0.14 +4.29%
1961 3.17 +0.02 +0.67%
1960 3.15 +0.1 +3.15%
1959 3.05 +0.1 +3.21%
1958 2.96 +0.09 +3.32%
1957 2.86 +0.09 +3.29%
1956 2.77 +0.09 +3.28%
1955 2.68 +0.09 +3.31%
1954 2.6 +0.08 +3.18%
1953 2.52 +0.08 +3.07%
1952 2.44 +0.07 +3%
1951 2.37 +0.07 +2.86%
1950 2.3 +0.05 +2.17%
1949 2.26 +0.04 +1.9%
1948 2.21 +0.04 +1.93%
1947 2.17 +0.04 +1.97%
1946 2.13 +0.04 +2.06%
1945 2.09 +0.04 +2%
1944 2.05 +0.04 +2.2%
1943 2 +0.04 +2.2%
1942 1.96 +0.04 +2.25%
1941 1.92 +0.04 +2.24%
1940 1.87 +0.03 +1.74%
1939 1.84 +0.03 +1.83%
1938 1.81 +0.03 +1.74%
1937 1.78 +0.03 +1.83%
1936 1.75 +0.03 +1.87%
1935 1.71 +0.03 +1.96%
1934 1.68 +0.03 +1.88%
1933 1.65 +0.03 +1.98%
1932 1.62 +0.03 +1.89%
1931 1.59 +0.03 +2.06%
1930 1.56 +0.03 +2.03%
1929 1.52 +0.03 +2.21%
1928 1.49 +0.03 +2.19%
1927 1.46 +0.03 +2.24%
1926 1.43 +0.03 +2.37%
1925 1.39 +0.03 +2.27%
1924 1.36 +0.03 +2.48%
1923 1.33 +0.03 +2.47%
1922 1.3 +0.03 +2.61%
1921 1.27 +0.03 +2.6%
1920 1.23 +0.02 +1.48%
1919 1.22 +0.02 +1.5%
1918 1.2 +0.02 +1.61%
1917 1.18 +0.02 +1.55%
1916 1.16 +0.02 +1.67%
1915 1.14 +0.02 +1.69%
1914 1.12 +0.02 +1.54%
1913 1.11 +0.02 +1.66%
1912 1.09 +0.02 +1.68%
1911 1.07 +0.02 +1.81%
1910 1.05 +0.02 +1.55%
1909 1.03 +0.02 +1.67%
1908 1.02 +0.02 +1.6%
1907 1 +0.02 +1.73%
1906 0.98 +0.02 +1.65%
1905 0.97 +0.02 +1.79%
1904 0.95 +0.02 +1.71%
1903 0.94 +0.02 +1.74%
1902 0.92 +0.02 +1.88%
1901 0.9 +0.02 +1.81%
1900 0.89 +0.01 +1.26%
1899 0.88 +0.01 +1.27%
1898 0.86 +0.01 +1.29%
1897 0.85 +0.01 +1.31%
1896 0.84 +0.01 +1.32%
1895 0.83 +0.01 +1.34%
1894 0.82 +0.01 +1.36%
1893 0.81 +0.01 +1.38%
1892 0.8 +0.01 +1.4%
1891 0.79 +0.01 +1.42%
1890 0.78 +0.01 +1.31%
1889 0.77 +0.01 +1.32%
1888 0.76 +0.01 +1.2%
1887 0.75 +0.01 +1.36%
1886 0.74 +0.01 +1.38%
1885 0.73 +0.01 +1.25%
1884 0.72 +0.01 +1.41%
1883 0.71 +0.01 +1.43%
1882 0.7 +0.01 +1.31%
1881 0.69 +0.01 +1.47%
1880 0.68 +0.01 +1.19%
1879 0.67 +0.01 +1.21%
1878 0.66 +0.01 +1.38%
1877 0.65 +0.01 +1.24%
1876 0.65 +0.01 +1.25%
1875 0.64 +0.01 +1.43%
1874 0.63 +0.01 +1.29%
1873 0.62 +0.01 +1.31%
1872 0.61 +0.01 +1.32%
1871 0.61 +0.01 +1.51%
1870 0.6 +0 +0.51%
1869 0.59 +0 +0.51%
1868 0.59 +0 +0.51%
1867 0.59 +0 +0.69%
1866 0.58 +0 +0.52%
1865 0.58 +0 +0.52%
1864 0.58 +0 +0.7%
1863 0.57 +0 +0.53%
1862 0.57 +0 +0.53%
1861 0.57 +0 +0.53%
1860 0.56 +0 +0.71%
1859 0.56 +0 +0.54%
1858 0.56 +0 +0.54%
1857 0.55 +0 +0.73%
1856 0.55 +0 +0.55%
1855 0.55 +0 +0.55%
1854 0.54 +0 +0.55%
1853 0.54 +0 +0.74%
1852 0.54 +0 +0.56%
1851 0.53 +0 +0.56%
1850 0.53

Central America, 2024

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About the indicator

Methane emissions converted into carbon dioxide equivalent using the 100-year global warming potential. Methane accounts for about a fifth of the warming observed, and its sources are entirely different from those of CO2: livestock, rice paddies, landfills, and leaks in gas and oil production. The key difference is the timescale — methane stays in the atmosphere for about twelve years, against centuries for CO2, so cutting its emissions gives a visible effect within a decade.

Important: The conversion into CO2 equivalent depends on the horizon chosen: over twenty years methane weighs about three times more than over a hundred. The standard hundred-year horizon is used here, as in reporting under the Paris Agreement.

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