Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food was 88.6% in 2015. ▬ Flat
Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua, 1990–2015
Source: Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua stood at 88.6%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua peaked at 106.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 88.6%, in 2015.
That places Nicaragua 36th out of 217 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.5% | 90.5% | 94.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 96.0% | 88.9% | 106.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.3% | 88.6% | 105.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 33 Guinea 89.6% compare
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- 35 Sweden 89.2% compare
- 37 Vanuatu 87.7% compare
- 38 Guinea-Bissau 87.5% compare
- 39 Wallis and Futuna 85.8% compare
More climate change data for Nicaragua
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Population, total 7.01 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Urban population 4.17 million (2025)
- Urban population 59.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.8141 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 197.65 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.8141 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.8141 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua?
- Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food in Nicaragua was 88.6% in 2015, according to Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 106.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.6% in 2015.
- How does Nicaragua rank for share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food?
- Nicaragua ranks 36th out of 217 countries with data for 2015.
- Is share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Crippa et al. (2021) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of national greenhouse gas emissions that come from food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Food system emissions include agriculture, land-use change, and supply chain emissions (transport, packaging, food processing, retail, cooking, and waste). Emissions are quantified based on food production, not consumption. This means they do not account for international trade.