El Salvador vs Yemen: Annual CO₂ emissions from oil

El Salvador
7.85 million tonnes
in 2024
Yemen
8.08 million tonnes
in 2024
El Salvador rank
98th
Yemen rank
97th

Annual CO₂ emissions from oil over time

  • El Salvador
  • Yemen
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M195019872024

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 8.08 million tonnes against 7.85 million tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 230,270 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 98th and Yemen ranks 97th of 215 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 441,878 tonnes 1.69 million tonnes 1.25 million tonnes Yemen
1960s 963,632 tonnes 4.35 million tonnes 3.38 million tonnes Yemen
1970s 1.84 million tonnes 2.48 million tonnes 643,398 tonnes Yemen
1980s 1.82 million tonnes 6.85 million tonnes 5.03 million tonnes Yemen
1990s 4.00 million tonnes 10.01 million tonnes 6.01 million tonnes Yemen
2000s 5.77 million tonnes 18.26 million tonnes 12.49 million tonnes Yemen
2010s 6.05 million tonnes 13.84 million tonnes 7.79 million tonnes Yemen
2020s 6.98 million tonnes 8.01 million tonnes 1.02 million tonnes Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from oil, El Salvador or Yemen?
Yemen, at 8.08 million tonnes against 7.85 million tonnes in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from oil between El Salvador and Yemen?
230,270 tonnes, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Yemen?
75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Yemen rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from oil?
El Salvador ranks 98th and Yemen ranks 97th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured in tonnes.