Environment in Nicaragua

2,078 indicators covering environment for Nicaragua.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita -0.5% 2025 down 4.7% 195th
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods -22,126 hectares 2025 down 0.0% 198th
Wood-based panels — Production, per capita 0.0014 m3 per person 2023 down 14.4% 90th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per capita 0 t per person 2022 down 100.0% 99th
Plywood and LVL — Export quantity, annual growth rate -75.53 % change on previous year 2023 down 402.1% 132nd
Fibreboard — Export quantity 25 m3 2023 down 7.4% 142nd
Fibreboard — Export value 13 1000 USD 2023 down 60.6% 139th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.1096 m3 per person 2023 down 10.2% 45th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, annual growth rate -69.15 % change on previous year 2023 down 1,225.7% 181st
Plywood and LVL — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2023 down 96.5% 84th
Plywood and LVL — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 98.9% 94th
Forest land — Area 4,847 1000 ha 2022 down 4.4% 83rd
Naturally regenerating forest — Area 4,735 1000 ha 2022 down 5.8% 82nd
Naturally regenerating forest — Share in Forest land 97.7 % 2022 down 1.5% 94th
Pesticides (total) — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0083 1000 USD per square kilometre 2022 up 48.4% 95th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, annual growth rate 100 % change on previous year 2023 up 340.5% 32nd
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export quantity 0 t 2023 down 100.0% 155th
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Export value 0 1000 USD 2023 down 100.0% 174th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export quantity 4,158 m3 2023 up 2,420.0% 77th
Other fibreboard — Import quantity 344 m3 2023 down 5.2% 135th
Other fibreboard — Import value 77 1000 USD 2023 down 67.2% 146th
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.0992 % change on previous year 2023 down 59.2% 40th
Fibreboard — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0205 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 100.6% 130th
Fibreboard — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0375 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 164.5% 132nd
Sawnwood, coniferous — Export value 1,115 1000 USD 2023 up 1,348.0% 85th
Planted Forest — Area 111.65 1000 ha 2022 up 169.2% 119th
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land 2.3 % 2022 up 180.5% 150th
Sawnwood, coniferous — Production 41,042 m3 2023 up 41.5% 84th
Industrial roundwood — Export value, per square kilometre 0.0278 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 95.4% 63rd
Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, per square kilometre 0.1487 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 54.8% 59th
Total fibre furnish — Export value 4,139 1000 USD 2023 down 32.1% 87th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -98.23 % change on previous year 2022 up 0.2% 139th
Total fibre furnish — Export quantity 28,316 t 2023 down 0.2% 86th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 0 t 2022 121st
Wood charcoal — Production, per capita 0.0023 t per person 2023 up 7.9% 81st
Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.9% 27th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0998 m3 per person 2023 down 11.7% 19th
Wood fuel — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.9% 23rd
Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0003 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 38.4% 30th
Roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0004 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 38.2% 27th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.215 t per square kilometre 2022 up 1,384.3% 59th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.215 t per square kilometre 2022 up 77.6% 64th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, per square 0.1017 t per square kilometre 2022 up 25.0% 88th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, per square 0.1017 t per square kilometre 2022 down 5.6% 92nd
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre 0.4238 t per square kilometre 2022 down 22.0% 80th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.4238 t per square kilometre 2022 down 8.1% 73rd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2022 down 100.0% 99th
Other paper and paperboard — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2023 down 69.7% 132nd
Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 94.4% 153rd
Wood-based panels — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 39.8% 83rd
Emissions of air pollutants 54,155 tonnes 2022 down 0.1% 123rd
Sawlogs and veneer logs, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 33rd
Roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2023 down 36.8% 21st
Total fibre furnish — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0091 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 742.3% 121st
Total fibre furnish — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0175 t per square kilometre 2023 up 189.5% 113th
Veneer sheets — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0002 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 98.3% 151st
Graphic papers — Export quantity 61 t 2023 down 53.4% 152nd
Graphic papers — Export value 85 1000 USD 2023 down 15.8% 140th
Veneer sheets — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0025 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 73.1% 117th
Paper and paperboard — Export value, per square kilometre 0.002 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 42.2% 131st