Ecuador vs Nicaragua: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Ecuador
0.5%
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.5%
in 2024
Ecuador rank
35th
Nicaragua rank
38th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Ecuador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 0.5% against 0.5% in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 35th and Nicaragua ranks 38th of 197 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1860s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1870s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1880s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1890s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1910s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Ecuador |
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, Ecuador or Nicaragua?
- Ecuador, at 0.5% against 0.5% in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 0.0%, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Nicaragua?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Nicaragua rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Ecuador ranks 35th 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.