El Salvador vs Panama: How have things changed?, per square kilometre

El Salvador
3.31 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Panama
3.12 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
55th
Panama rank
58th

How have things changed?, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
01234196519942023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.31 metric tons per square kilometre against 3.12 metric tons per square kilometre in Panama, a difference of 0.19 metric tons per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Panama ahead.

El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 58th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4854 metric tons per square kilometre 0.7904 metric tons per square kilometre 0.3051 metric tons per square kilometre Panama
1970s 0.4751 metric tons per square kilometre 1.69 metric tons per square kilometre 1.22 metric tons per square kilometre Panama
1980s 0.7137 metric tons per square kilometre 2.29 metric tons per square kilometre 1.57 metric tons per square kilometre Panama
1990s 0.6047 metric tons per square kilometre 2.35 metric tons per square kilometre 1.75 metric tons per square kilometre Panama
2000s 1.96 metric tons per square kilometre 3.45 metric tons per square kilometre 1.5 metric tons per square kilometre Panama
2010s 2.94 metric tons per square kilometre 2.72 metric tons per square kilometre 0.2158 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 3.4 metric tons per square kilometre 2.99 metric tons per square kilometre 0.4061 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher how have things changed?, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Panama?
El Salvador, at 3.31 metric tons per square kilometre against 3.12 metric tons per square kilometre in Panama as of 2023.
What is the difference in how have things changed?, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Panama?
0.19 metric tons per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
59 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 55th and Panama ranks 58th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
How have things changed?, per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 11,549 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

How have things changed? divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.