Nicaragua vs Sudan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Nicaragua
0.2%
in 2024
Sudan
0.2%
in 2024
Nicaragua rank
52nd
Sudan rank
54th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Nicaragua
- Sudan
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Sudan, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Sudan's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 52nd and Sudan ranks 54th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 16 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1870s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.5% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.6% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 0.4% | 0.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 0.3% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.6% | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Nicaragua or Sudan?
- Nicaragua, at 0.2% against 0.2% in Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Nicaragua and Sudan?
- 0.0%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Sudan?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Nicaragua and Sudan rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Nicaragua ranks 52nd and Sudan ranks 54th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.