Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square in El Salvador

El Salvador: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square was 0.1683 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.1683 units per square kilometre
Change on year
down 0.8%
World rank
33rd
of 209 countries
All-time high
0.2314 units per square kilometre
in 2008
All-time low
0.1683 units per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square in El Salvador, 1990–2019

00.050.10.150.20.251990200420191990: 0.204 units per square kilometre1991: 0.208 units per square kilometre1992: 0.21 units per square kilometre1993: 0.204 units per square kilometre1994: 0.207 units per square kilometre1995: 0.191 units per square kilometre1996: 0.212 units per square kilometre1997: 0.204 units per square kilometre1998: 0.188 units per square kilometre1999: 0.198 units per square kilometre2000: 0.187 units per square kilometre2001: 0.204 units per square kilometre2002: 0.209 units per square kilometre2003: 0.204 units per square kilometre2004: 0.208 units per square kilometre2005: 0.214 units per square kilometre2006: 0.217 units per square kilometre2007: 0.226 units per square kilometre2008: 0.231 units per square kilometre2009: 0.222 units per square kilometre2010: 0.214 units per square kilometre2011: 0.196 units per square kilometre2012: 0.203 units per square kilometre2013: 0.18 units per square kilometre2014: 0.187 units per square kilometre2015: 0.188 units per square kilometre2016: 0.177 units per square kilometre2017: 0.176 units per square kilometre2018: 0.17 units per square kilometre2019: 0.168 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.1683 units per square kilometre for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square in El Salvador peaked at 0.2314 units per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.1683 units per square kilometre, in 2019.

That places El Salvador 33rd out of 209 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.2045 units per square kilometre
1991 0.208 units per square kilometre +1.7%
1992 0.2097 units per square kilometre +0.8%
1993 0.2035 units per square kilometre -2.9%
1994 0.2066 units per square kilometre +1.5%
1995 0.1908 units per square kilometre -7.6%
1996 0.2122 units per square kilometre +11.2%
1997 0.204 units per square kilometre -3.9%
1998 0.1885 units per square kilometre -7.6%
1999 0.1979 units per square kilometre +5.0%
2000 0.1873 units per square kilometre -5.3%
2001 0.2038 units per square kilometre +8.8%
2002 0.2089 units per square kilometre +2.5%
2003 0.2038 units per square kilometre -2.4%
2004 0.208 units per square kilometre +2.0%
2005 0.2141 units per square kilometre +2.9%
2006 0.2166 units per square kilometre +1.2%
2007 0.2256 units per square kilometre +4.1%
2008 0.2314 units per square kilometre +2.6%
2009 0.222 units per square kilometre -4.1%
2010 0.2141 units per square kilometre -3.5%
2011 0.1958 units per square kilometre -8.6%
2012 0.2027 units per square kilometre +3.5%
2013 0.1796 units per square kilometre -11.4%
2014 0.1872 units per square kilometre +4.2%
2015 0.1878 units per square kilometre +0.4%
2016 0.1768 units per square kilometre -5.9%
2017 0.1761 units per square kilometre -0.4%
2018 0.1696 units per square kilometre -3.7%
2019 0.1683 units per square kilometre -0.8%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.1683 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0586 units per square kilometre, 2.9× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.1683 units per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0762 units per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.2026 units per square kilometre 0.1885 units per square kilometre 0.2122 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.2121 units per square kilometre 0.1873 units per square kilometre 0.2314 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.1858 units per square kilometre 0.1683 units per square kilometre 0.2141 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 30 Burkina Faso 0.1775 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 31 Malawi 0.1715 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 32 Dominican Republic 0.1711 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 34 United Kingdom 0.1667 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 35 Thailand 0.1653 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 36 Ecuador 0.1582 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square in El Salvador?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square in El Salvador was 0.1683 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.2314 units per square kilometre in 2008.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1683 units per square kilometre in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square?
El Salvador ranks 33rd out of 209 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) (ar5) - afolu, per square rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 24.2%. 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
209 places, 6,120 data points, 1990–2019
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - 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.