El Salvador vs Lebanon: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Lebanon
0.1531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
165th
Lebanon rank
163rd
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Lebanon
How they compare
Lebanon currently reports 0.1531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0077 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes Lebanon's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 165th and Lebanon ranks 163rd of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 13 and Lebanon in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Lebanon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0099 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.0855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.0808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0941 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0134 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lebanon |
| 1880s | 0.0786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1123 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0338 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lebanon |
| 1890s | 0.0944 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1202 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0259 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lebanon |
| 1900s | 0.1308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1142 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0167 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0998 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0995 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0211 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.1091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.003 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lebanon |
| 1940s | 0.1647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1395 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.2543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1589 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0954 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.2871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1688 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.2953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1727 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1226 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.2301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0717 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.2152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1702 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.045 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.2154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1662 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1814 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0085 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Lebanon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita nitrous oxide emissions, El Salvador or Lebanon?
- Lebanon, at 0.1531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between El Salvador and Lebanon?
- 0.0077 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Lebanon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lebanon?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Lebanon rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 165th and Lebanon ranks 163rd 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.