Nicaragua CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
5,739,324
tons
Year-over-Year
+3.66%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
0.86
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Nicaragua were 5,739,324 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 3.66% over the previous year, representing an increase by 202,416 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 5,536,907 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Nicaragua are equivalent to 0.86 tons per person, an increase by 0.02 over the figure of 0.84 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 2.7% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Nicaragua
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5,739,324 | 3.66% | 0.86 | 0.014% |
| 2023 | 5,536,907 | 5.24% | 0.84 | 0.014% |
| 2022 | 5,261,220 | 1.32% | 0.8 | 0.014% |
| 2021 | 5,192,459 | 9.4% | 0.8 | 0.014% |
| 2020 | 4,746,156 | −10.85% | 0.74 | 0.013% |
| 2019 | 5,323,936 | 2.77% | 0.84 | 0.014% |
| 2018 | 5,180,286 | −8.84% | 0.82 | 0.014% |
| 2017 | 5,682,535 | −0.69% | 0.91 | 0.015% |
| 2016 | 5,722,303 | 4.1% | 0.93 | 0.016% |
| 2015 | 5,497,123 | 11.98% | 0.9 | 0.015% |
| 2014 | 4,909,087 | 5.82% | 0.82 | 0.013% |
| 2013 | 4,638,917 | −4.29% | 0.78 | 0.013% |
| 2012 | 4,847,054 | −0.71% | 0.82 | 0.014% |
| 2011 | 4,881,555 | 4.5% | 0.84 | 0.014% |
| 2010 | 4,671,123 | 2.77% | 0.81 | 0.014% |
| 2009 | 4,545,388 | −2.21% | 0.8 | 0.014% |
| 2008 | 4,648,129 | −3.92% | 0.83 | 0.014% |
| 2007 | 4,837,797 | 3.67% | 0.88 | 0.015% |
| 2006 | 4,666,461 | 5.81% | 0.86 | 0.015% |
| 2005 | 4,410,273 | −5.02% | 0.82 | 0.015% |
| 2004 | 4,643,578 | 2.57% | 0.87 | 0.016% |
| 2003 | 4,527,187 | 9.55% | 0.86 | 0.016% |
| 2002 | 4,132,670 | 3.48% | 0.8 | 0.016% |
| 2001 | 3,993,560 | 5.92% | 0.78 | 0.015% |
| 2000 | 3,770,234 | 4.07% | 0.75 | 0.015% |
| 1999 | 3,622,952 | 0.87% | 0.73 | 0.015% |
| 1998 | 3,591,692 | 16.29% | 0.74 | 0.015% |
| 1997 | 3,088,485 | 7.07% | 0.65 | 0.013% |
| 1996 | 2,884,600 | 6.08% | 0.61 | 0.012% |
| 1995 | 2,719,233 | 6.24% | 0.59 | 0.011% |
| 1994 | 2,559,581 | 13.74% | 0.57 | 0.011% |
| 1993 | 2,250,471 | −1.87% | 0.51 | 0.0099% |
| 1992 | 2,293,362 | 16.09% | 0.53 | 0.010% |
| 1991 | 1,975,432 | 0.55% | 0.47 | 0.0087% |
| 1990 | 1,964,655 | 14.45% | 0.47 | 0.0087% |
| 1989 | 1,716,544 | −20.41% | 0.42 | 0.0077% |
| 1988 | 2,156,840 | −10.59% | 0.54 | 0.0098% |
| 1987 | 2,412,416 | 1.13% | 0.62 | 0.011% |
| 1986 | 2,385,559 | 18.26% | 0.63 | 0.012% |
| 1985 | 2,017,193 | 0.89% | 0.54 | 0.0100% |
| 1984 | 1,999,314 | −9.19% | 0.55 | 0.010% |
| 1983 | 2,201,558 | 8.43% | 0.62 | 0.011% |
| 1982 | 2,030,423 | −2.3% | 0.59 | 0.011% |
| 1981 | 2,078,166 | 5.49% | 0.62 | 0.011% |
| 1980 | 1,969,982 | 17.02% | 0.61 | 0.0100% |
| 1979 | 1,683,395 | −34.18% | 0.53 | 0.0084% |
| 1978 | 2,557,627 | −9.49% | 0.83 | 0.013% |
| 1977 | 2,825,767 | 22.27% | 0.95 | 0.015% |
| 1976 | 2,311,085 | 14.5% | 0.8 | 0.013% |
| 1975 | 2,018,377 | −0.78% | 0.72 | 0.012% |
| 1974 | 2,034,161 | 6.98% | 0.75 | 0.012% |
| 1973 | 1,901,400 | 10.77% | 0.72 | 0.011% |
| 1972 | 1,716,550 | 3.23% | 0.67 | 0.010% |
| 1971 | 1,662,814 | 0.45% | 0.67 | 0.011% |
| 1970 | 1,655,409 | – | 0.69 | 0.011% |
See also
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).