Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in El Salvador
El Salvador: Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU, per square kilometre was 0.0027 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▼ Falling
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1990–2019
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2019, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre in El Salvador stood at 0.0027 units per square kilometre. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 0.0043 units per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0027 units per square kilometre, in 2019.
El Salvador ranks 38th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | units per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 0.004 units per square kilometre | +13.7% |
| 1997 | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | -9.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0036 units per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | +14.4% |
| 2002 | 0.004 units per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0042 units per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0041 units per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0035 units per square kilometre | +8.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | -18.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0032 units per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | -3.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | -1.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.0027 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0012 units per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.0027 units per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0012 units per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 0.004 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0039 units per square kilometre | 0.0033 units per square kilometre | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0031 units per square kilometre | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 0.0038 units per square kilometre | 10 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 35 Nicaragua 0.0027 units per square kilometre compare
- 36 Sri Lanka 0.0027 units per square kilometre compare
- 37 Albania 0.0027 units per square kilometre compare
- 39 Puerto Rico 0.0025 units per square kilometre compare
- 40 Ethiopia 0.0025 units per square kilometre compare
- 41 Guatemala 0.0024 units per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre in El Salvador?
- Emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre in El Salvador was 0.0027 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0043 units per square kilometre in 2008.
- What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0027 units per square kilometre in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
- Is emission totals - emissions (ch4) - afolu, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU 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.
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU FAO, FAOSTAT Climate Change, Emissions Totals, http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/GT
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - AFOLU 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.