El Salvador vs Mauritius: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Mauritius
0.1463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
165th
Mauritius rank
164th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 0.1463 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 165th and Mauritius ranks 164th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 15 and Mauritius in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.0855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0595 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.026 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.0808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0638 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.0786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0704 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0082 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.0944 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0765 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.1308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0853 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1004 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0443 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0036 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritius |
| 1930s | 0.1091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0195 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritius |
| 1940s | 0.1647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2083 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0436 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Mauritius |
| 1950s | 0.2543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2437 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0106 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.2871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1069 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.2953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1614 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1338 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.2301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.2152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1661 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0492 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.2154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1512 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0642 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1569 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.033 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0037 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 Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 0.1463 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 Mauritius?
- 0.0009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mauritius?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Mauritius rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 165th and Mauritius ranks 164th 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.