El Salvador vs Ghana: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP

El Salvador
0.1335 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Ghana
0.1426 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
El Salvador rank
124th
Ghana rank
121st

Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 0.1426 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0091 kilograms per international-$.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ghana ahead.

El Salvador ranks 124th and Ghana ranks 121st of 164 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Ghana in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Ghana Difference Ahead
1950s 0.0799 kilograms per international-$ 0.0916 kilograms per international-$ 0.0116 kilograms per international-$ Ghana
1960s 0.1025 kilograms per international-$ 0.0888 kilograms per international-$ 0.0136 kilograms per international-$ El Salvador
1970s 0.1243 kilograms per international-$ 0.1153 kilograms per international-$ 0.009 kilograms per international-$ El Salvador
1980s 0.1279 kilograms per international-$ 0.1412 kilograms per international-$ 0.0133 kilograms per international-$ Ghana
1990s 0.1807 kilograms per international-$ 0.1383 kilograms per international-$ 0.0424 kilograms per international-$ El Salvador
2000s 0.1679 kilograms per international-$ 0.1306 kilograms per international-$ 0.0373 kilograms per international-$ El Salvador
2010s 0.1297 kilograms per international-$ 0.1245 kilograms per international-$ 0.0052 kilograms per international-$ El Salvador
2020s 0.1241 kilograms per international-$ 0.1439 kilograms per international-$ 0.0198 kilograms per international-$ Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp, El Salvador or Ghana?
Ghana, at 0.1426 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between El Salvador and Ghana?
0.0091 kilograms per international-$, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Ghana?
73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Ghana rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 124th and Ghana ranks 121st of 164 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
Unit
kilograms per international-$
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
164 places, 14,672 data points, 1820–2022
Last refreshed

Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).