Environment in Nicaragua

2,078 indicators covering environment for Nicaragua.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Wood charcoal — Import quantity 28 t 2023 up 211.1% 160th
Wood charcoal — Import value 56 1000 USD 2023 up 300.0% 145th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 7.17 kg/ha 2022 up 192.7% 47th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 35,852 t 2022 up 99.7% 51st
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 91.13 t 2022 down 80.4% 104th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 86.7% 2024 up 36.9% 56th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 192.1% 2024 up 28.2% 85th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 86.6% 2024 up 43.5% 65th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 112.6% 2024 up 35.9% 86th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 0.0811 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% 93rd
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0 t per square kilometre 2022 down 100.0% 97th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 12,907 t 2022 up 192.4% 38th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 1,343 t 2022 up 192.6% 47th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 2,607 t 2022 up 192.3% 47th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 8,949 t 2022 up 192.5% 25th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2022 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2022 78th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year 2022 down 8.4% 119th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 8 t 2022 up 166.7% 73rd
Forest land — Share in Land area 40.28 % 2022 down 4.4% 96th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.0% 137th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 25.0% 127th
Other land — Area 2,096 1000 ha 2022 up 10.7% 107th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 3.79 g/Int$ 2022 up 112.9% 18th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 65,017 TJ 2022 up 12.0% 78th
Fuelwood — Energy production 47,487 TJ 2022 up 6.2% 87th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 1 t 2023 unchanged 135th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 1 1000 USD 2023 unchanged 135th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2022 down 49.5% 94th
Asses — Stocks 9,244 An 2023 up 2.7% 73rd
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 201,769 kg 2023 up 2.7% 72nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture 199,751 kg 2023 up 2.7% 72nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 39,950 kg 2023 up 2.7% 72nd
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 59,925 kg 2023 up 2.7% 72nd
Asses — Manure management 2,018 kg 2023 up 2.7% 75th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 2,018 kg 2023 up 2.7% 75th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 403.54 kg 2023 up 2.7% 75th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 605.31 kg 2023 up 2.7% 75th
Veneer sheets — Production 0 m3 2023 134th
Recovered paper — Export value 4,133 1000 USD 2023 down 32.1% 80th
Recovered paper — Export quantity 28,293 t 2023 down 0.1% 80th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 65,109 TJ 2022 up 12.2% 83rd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 0 t 2023 down 100.0% 172nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 0 1000 USD 2023 down 100.0% 180th
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 47,353 TJ 2022 up 4.9% 76th
Municipal water withdrawal 190.00 million cubic meters 2023 down 21.6% 122nd
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 45,842 TJ 2022 up 5.4% 67th
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 47,353 TJ 2022 up 4.9% 80th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0.1 %LSU 2023 down 16.7% 90th
Asses — Stocks 4,622 LSU 2023 up 2.7% 72nd
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 887 t 2023 up 31.2% 144th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 1,473 1000 USD 2023 down 40.1% 143rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.0841 Mt CO2e 2024 up 51.8% 72nd
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 23.5% 143rd
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0009 t per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% 138th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0003 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 up 28.1% 141st
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0009 t per square kilometre 2023 up 21.6% 136th