Cuba vs Nicaragua: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Cuba
0.4%
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.5%
in 2024
Cuba rank
41st
Nicaragua rank
38th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Cuba
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 0.5% against 0.4% in Cuba, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Cuba ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 38th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 15.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Cuba |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Cuba or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 0.5% against 0.4% in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Cuba and Nicaragua?
- 0.1%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nicaragua?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Nicaragua rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Cuba ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 38th 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 cumulative 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
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.