Laos vs Nicaragua: Methane emissions

Laos
11.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Nicaragua
11.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Laos rank
96th
Nicaragua rank
95th

Methane emissions over time

  • Laos
  • Nicaragua
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M185019372024

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 11.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 11.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Laos, a difference of 133,900 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Laos ahead.

Laos ranks 96th and Nicaragua ranks 95th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 12 and Nicaragua in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1850s 1.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 545,547 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 545,943 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1860s 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 578,321 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 764,780 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1870s 1.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 633,647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1880s 2.02 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 722,577 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1890s 2.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 825,129 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1900s 2.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 959,694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1910s 2.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1920s 2.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1930s 2.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1940s 3.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1950s 3.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.65 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 883,060 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1960s 4.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 311,887 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Laos
1970s 3.81 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.08 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua
1980s 4.72 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 225,220 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua
1990s 5.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 250,336 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua
2000s 7.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 449,775 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua
2010s 9.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.74 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 506,063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua
2020s 10.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 11.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 356,660 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Laos or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 11.55 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 11.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Laos and Nicaragua?
133,900 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nicaragua?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Laos and Nicaragua rank globally for methane emissions?
Laos ranks 96th and Nicaragua ranks 95th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.