Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per in El Salvador

El Salvador: Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per was 0.0752 units per square kilometre in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.0752 units per square kilometre
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
38th
of 206 countries
All-time high
0.1206 units per square kilometre
in 2008
All-time low
0.0752 units per square kilometre
in 2019
Years of data
30
1990–2019

Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per in El Salvador, 1990–2019

00.0250.050.0750.10.1251990200420191990: 0.106 units per square kilometre1991: 0.108 units per square kilometre1992: 0.109 units per square kilometre1993: 0.105 units per square kilometre1994: 0.109 units per square kilometre1995: 0.098 units per square kilometre1996: 0.111 units per square kilometre1997: 0.102 units per square kilometre1998: 0.093 units per square kilometre1999: 0.1 units per square kilometre2000: 0.093 units per square kilometre2001: 0.106 units per square kilometre2002: 0.113 units per square kilometre2003: 0.108 units per square kilometre2004: 0.109 units per square kilometre2005: 0.109 units per square kilometre2006: 0.114 units per square kilometre2007: 0.118 units per square kilometre2008: 0.121 units per square kilometre2009: 0.115 units per square kilometre2010: 0.107 units per square kilometre2011: 0.091 units per square kilometre2012: 0.098 units per square kilometre2013: 0.08 units per square kilometre2014: 0.092 units per square kilometre2015: 0.09 units per square kilometre2016: 0.082 units per square kilometre2017: 0.08 units per square kilometre2018: 0.077 units per square kilometre2019: 0.075 units per square kilometre

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per in El Salvador is 0.0752 units per square kilometre, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 30 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 34.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per in El Salvador peaked at 0.1206 units per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0752 units per square kilometre, in 2019.

That places El Salvador 38th out of 206 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) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1990 to 2019.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.1059 units per square kilometre
1991 0.1082 units per square kilometre +2.2%
1992 0.1094 units per square kilometre +1.1%
1993 0.1047 units per square kilometre -4.3%
1994 0.1095 units per square kilometre +4.6%
1995 0.0975 units per square kilometre -10.9%
1996 0.1109 units per square kilometre +13.7%
1997 0.1019 units per square kilometre -8.2%
1998 0.0927 units per square kilometre -9.0%
1999 0.0996 units per square kilometre +7.4%
2000 0.0927 units per square kilometre -7.0%
2001 0.106 units per square kilometre +14.4%
2002 0.1129 units per square kilometre +6.5%
2003 0.108 units per square kilometre -4.3%
2004 0.1086 units per square kilometre +0.6%
2005 0.1088 units per square kilometre +0.2%
2006 0.1137 units per square kilometre +4.5%
2007 0.1183 units per square kilometre +4.0%
2008 0.1206 units per square kilometre +2.0%
2009 0.1153 units per square kilometre -4.4%
2010 0.107 units per square kilometre -7.2%
2011 0.0905 units per square kilometre -15.4%
2012 0.0985 units per square kilometre +8.8%
2013 0.0804 units per square kilometre -18.4%
2014 0.0916 units per square kilometre +13.9%
2015 0.0901 units per square kilometre -1.6%
2016 0.0822 units per square kilometre -8.8%
2017 0.0795 units per square kilometre -3.2%
2018 0.0766 units per square kilometre -3.6%
2019 0.0752 units per square kilometre -1.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.0752 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0324 units per square kilometre, 2.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.0752 units per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0348 units per square kilometre, 2.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.104 units per square kilometre 0.0927 units per square kilometre 0.1109 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.1105 units per square kilometre 0.0927 units per square kilometre 0.1206 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0872 units per square kilometre 0.0752 units per square kilometre 0.107 units per square kilometre 10

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 35 Nicaragua 0.0758 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 36 Sri Lanka 0.0757 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 37 Albania 0.0755 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 39 Puerto Rico 0.0711 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 40 Ethiopia 0.0689 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 41 Guatemala 0.0682 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per in El Salvador?
Emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per in El Salvador was 0.0752 units per square kilometre in 2019, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.1206 units per square kilometre in 2008.
What is the lowest emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0752 units per square kilometre in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per?
El Salvador ranks 38th out of 206 countries with data for 2019.
Is emission totals - emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5) - afolu, per 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 (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - AFOLU, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
206 places, 6,030 data points, 1990–2019
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Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (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.