El Salvador vs Japan: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Japan
0.1452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
165th
Japan rank
166th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0002 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 165th and Japan ranks 166th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 14 and Japan in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.0855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0088 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.0808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0813 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0005 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 1880s | 0.0786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0848 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 1890s | 0.0944 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0842 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.1308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0828 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.1091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0834 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0257 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.1647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1509 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0138 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.2543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.2871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.2953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2462 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.049 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.2301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.023 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.2152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2877 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0725 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.2154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1993 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.016 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0318 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1477 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0041 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, El Salvador or Japan?
- El Salvador, at 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1452 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between El Salvador and Japan?
- 0.0002 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 165th and Japan ranks 166th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita nitrous oxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.