Angola vs Nicaragua: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Angola
1.32 tonnes per person
in 2024
Nicaragua
1.36 tonnes per person
in 2024
Angola rank
42nd
Nicaragua rank
41st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Angola
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 1.36 tonnes per person against 1.32 tonnes per person in Angola, a difference of 0.04 tonnes per person.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Angola ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 41st of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 9.27 tonnes per person | 14.98 tonnes per person | 5.71 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 10.91 tonnes per person | 9.86 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | Angola |
| 1870s | 8.84 tonnes per person | 18.43 tonnes per person | 9.6 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 7.96 tonnes per person | 19.77 tonnes per person | 11.81 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 0.9732 tonnes per person | 21.54 tonnes per person | 20.56 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | -2.73 tonnes per person | 19.48 tonnes per person | 22.2 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | -3.93 tonnes per person | 18.29 tonnes per person | 22.22 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 12 tonnes per person | 37.49 tonnes per person | 25.49 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 17.2 tonnes per person | 36.58 tonnes per person | 19.38 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 23.32 tonnes per person | 43.02 tonnes per person | 19.7 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 31.28 tonnes per person | 43.34 tonnes per person | 12.06 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 12.94 tonnes per person | 14.7 tonnes per person | 1.76 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 3.35 tonnes per person | 5.94 tonnes per person | 2.59 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 1.42 tonnes per person | 7.87 tonnes per person | 6.44 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.41 tonnes per person | 13.84 tonnes per person | 12.43 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 3.03 tonnes per person | 9.25 tonnes per person | 6.22 tonnes per person | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 3.8 tonnes per person | 1.97 tonnes per person | 1.83 tonnes per person | Angola |
| 2020s | 1.45 tonnes per person | 1.31 tonnes per person | 0.1446 tonnes per person | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Angola or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 1.36 tonnes per person against 1.32 tonnes per person in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Angola and Nicaragua?
- 0.04 tonnes per person, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Nicaragua?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Nicaragua rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Angola ranks 42nd and Nicaragua ranks 41st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. 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 in tonnes per person.