El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita

El Salvador
1.45 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
1.42 tonnes per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
146th
Sri Lanka rank
148th

Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.45 tonnes per person against 1.42 tonnes per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.03 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 146th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 192 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Sri Lanka in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 1.39 tonnes per person 4.74 tonnes per person 3.36 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
1970s 1.76 tonnes per person 1.83 tonnes per person 0.0647 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
1980s 1.31 tonnes per person 0.9552 tonnes per person 0.3578 tonnes per person El Salvador
1990s 1.48 tonnes per person 1.15 tonnes per person 0.3332 tonnes per person El Salvador
2000s 1.22 tonnes per person 1.86 tonnes per person 0.642 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
2010s 1.06 tonnes per person 1.75 tonnes per person 0.6954 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
2020s 1.26 tonnes per person 1.34 tonnes per person 0.0848 tonnes per person Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
El Salvador, at 1.45 tonnes per person against 1.42 tonnes per person in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
0.03 tonnes per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for annual co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 146th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 12,148 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.