Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions was 0.1% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
0.1%
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
112th
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 1946
All-time low
0.1%
in 2021
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua stood at 0.1%.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua peaked at 0.4% in 1946 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2021.
That places Nicaragua 112th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.2% | — |
| 1851 | 0.2% | -3.1% |
| 1852 | 0.2% | -15.8% |
| 1853 | 0.1% | -19.5% |
| 1854 | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 1855 | 0.1% | -12.9% |
| 1856 | 0.1% | -2.0% |
| 1857 | 0.1% | +3.1% |
| 1858 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1859 | 0.1% | -11.6% |
| 1860 | 0.1% | +12.3% |
| 1861 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 1862 | 0.1% | +11.9% |
| 1863 | 0.1% | +19.1% |
| 1864 | 0.1% | -20.3% |
| 1865 | 0.1% | -3.2% |
| 1866 | 0.1% | -9.9% |
| 1867 | 0.1% | +7.9% |
| 1868 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 1869 | 0.1% | +2.7% |
| 1870 | 0.1% | -8.3% |
| 1871 | 0.1% | +16.9% |
| 1872 | 0.1% | +32.4% |
| 1873 | 0.1% | -12.0% |
| 1874 | 0.2% | +22.3% |
| 1875 | 0.1% | -17.0% |
| 1876 | 0.2% | +25.0% |
| 1877 | 0.2% | -0.8% |
| 1878 | 0.1% | -10.0% |
| 1879 | 0.2% | +1.0% |
| 1880 | 0.1% | -6.5% |
| 1881 | 0.1% | -5.1% |
| 1882 | 0.1% | -3.6% |
| 1883 | 0.2% | +25.4% |
| 1884 | 0.2% | +3.3% |
| 1885 | 0.2% | +7.0% |
| 1886 | 0.2% | -13.3% |
| 1887 | 0.1% | -8.3% |
| 1888 | 0.1% | -9.8% |
| 1889 | 0.2% | +18.1% |
| 1890 | 0.2% | +5.8% |
| 1891 | 0.1% | -9.4% |
| 1892 | 0.2% | +17.3% |
| 1893 | 0.1% | -20.3% |
| 1894 | 0.2% | +23.6% |
| 1895 | 0.2% | -0.8% |
| 1896 | 0.2% | +5.2% |
| 1897 | 0.2% | -10.4% |
| 1898 | 0.1% | -15.9% |
| 1899 | 0.1% | +13.4% |
| 1900 | 0.1% | -13.0% |
| 1901 | 0.1% | +4.4% |
| 1902 | 0.2% | +15.7% |
| 1903 | 0.1% | -7.0% |
| 1904 | 0.1% | -6.2% |
| 1905 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 1906 | 0.2% | +6.6% |
| 1907 | 0.1% | -26.1% |
| 1908 | 0.1% | +11.4% |
| 1909 | 0.1% | +9.4% |
| 1910 | 0.1% | -9.7% |
| 1911 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 1912 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
| 1913 | 0.1% | -7.2% |
| 1914 | 0.1% | -2.0% |
| 1915 | 0.2% | +30.3% |
| 1916 | 0.1% | -14.1% |
| 1917 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 1918 | 0.2% | +4.3% |
| 1919 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1920 | 0.2% | +24.2% |
| 1921 | 0.3% | +45.5% |
| 1922 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 1923 | 0.2% | -4.0% |
| 1924 | 0.3% | +10.7% |
| 1925 | 0.3% | -8.0% |
| 1926 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 1927 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1928 | 0.3% | -1.8% |
| 1929 | 0.2% | -13.0% |
| 1930 | 0.3% | +18.8% |
| 1931 | 0.3% | +1.4% |
| 1932 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| 1933 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1934 | 0.3% | +0.8% |
| 1935 | 0.3% | -3.1% |
| 1936 | 0.2% | -5.7% |
| 1937 | 0.2% | -1.1% |
| 1938 | 0.3% | +13.1% |
| 1939 | 0.2% | -10.5% |
| 1940 | 0.3% | +13.1% |
| 1941 | 0.3% | +13.4% |
| 1942 | 0.3% | +8.6% |
| 1943 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 1944 | 0.3% | -2.0% |
| 1945 | 0.4% | +8.0% |
| 1946 | 0.4% | +1.6% |
| 1947 | 0.3% | -13.6% |
| 1948 | 0.3% | +6.0% |
| 1949 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1950 | 0.3% | -2.4% |
| 1951 | 0.3% | -6.2% |
| 1952 | 0.3% | +8.3% |
| 1953 | 0.3% | +5.1% |
| 1954 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| 1955 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 1956 | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| 1957 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 1959 | 0.3% | -0.6% |
| 1960 | 0.3% | -23.2% |
| 1961 | 0.2% | -28.2% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 0.2% | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.2% | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 0.2% | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1% | -19.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1% | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -9.9% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | -10.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 0.1% | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -16.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | +32.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | -18.7% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1% | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 0.1% | +34.9% |
| 1981 | 0.1% | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1% | -21.1% |
| 1983 | 0.1% | +9.7% |
| 1984 | 0.1% | +12.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 0.1% | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 0.1% | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1% | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | +11.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +64.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +7.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -11.6% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -7.2% |
| 2015 | 0.1% | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +2.2% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 0.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 90% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 0.1% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 2.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +64.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
More climate change data for Nicaragua
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 98.12 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,149 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,593 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,557 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.78 kt (2023)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 341.31 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 485.08 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 394.21 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 90.87 kt (2023)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.49 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua?
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Nicaragua was 0.1% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 1946.
- What is the lowest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2021.
- How does Nicaragua rank for share of global greenhouse gas emissions?
- Nicaragua ranks 112th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global greenhouse gas emissions rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nicaragua data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.