Botswana vs Nicaragua: Cumulative CO₂ emissions

Botswana

184.34 million tonnes

in 2024

Nicaragua

197.65 million tonnes

in 2024

Botswana rank

132nd

Nicaragua rank

130th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions over time

Nicaragua currently reports 197.65 million tonnes against 184.34 million tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 13.31 million tonnes.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

Across all 53 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.

Botswana ranks 132nd and Nicaragua ranks 130th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.