Nicaragua's forest cover fell from 49.9 % in 1994 to 25.8 % in 2023.
Nicaragua · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 8 with data
Land
Nicaragua's forest area fell from 59,993 km in 1994 to 31,075 km in 2023.
Nicaragua's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) fell from 37.2 % in 2013 to 21.2 % in 2025.
Nicaragua's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 35.1 % in 1994 to 42.3 % in 2023.
Nicaragua's arable land (% of land area) rose from 11.2 % in 1994 to 12.5 % in 2023.
Air
Nicaragua's air pollution (pm2.5) fell from 25.7 in 1994 to 20.4 in 2023.
Water
Nicaragua's water stress fell from 0.8 % in 1998 to 0.8 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
28th of 181 · 13th in Latin America
Nicaragua's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 35,074 in 1993 to 23,209 in 2022.
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Nicaragua.
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data