El Salvador vs Tuvalu: Per capita nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Tuvalu
0.1439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
165th
Tuvalu rank
168th
Per capita nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Tuvalu
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Tuvalu, a difference of 0.0015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 165th and Tuvalu ranks 168th of 201 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0643 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.0855 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.029 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0565 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.0808 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.0786 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0442 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0344 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.0944 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0525 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.1308 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0421 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0888 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.1446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.1206 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.1091 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0535 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0557 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.1647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0658 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0989 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.2543 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1712 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.2871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0906 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.2953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2052 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.2301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1347 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.2152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1245 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0908 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.2154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0884 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1231 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0668 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0128 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 Tuvalu?
- El Salvador, at 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Tuvalu as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita nitrous oxide emissions between El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 0.0015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Tuvalu?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Tuvalu rank globally for per capita nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 165th and Tuvalu ranks 168th 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.