El Salvador vs Guatemala: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
El Salvador
0.1335 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Guatemala
0.1293 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
El Salvador rank
124th
Guatemala rank
126th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1293 kilograms per international-$ in Guatemala, a difference of 0.0042 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 103 shared years of data; in 1920 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 124th and Guatemala ranks 126th of 164 countries.
Across the 11 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 9 and Guatemala in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0021 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0006 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0015 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.0011 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0002 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0009 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.0001 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0016 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0015 kilograms per international-$ | Guatemala |
| 1950s | 0.0799 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0738 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0062 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.1025 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0955 kilograms per international-$ | 0.007 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.1243 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1009 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0234 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.1279 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0908 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0371 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.1807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.117 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0637 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.1679 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1377 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0303 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1297 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1266 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0031 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1241 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1344 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0103 kilograms per international-$ | Guatemala |
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 Guatemala?
- El Salvador, at 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1293 kilograms per international-$ in Guatemala as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 0.0042 kilograms per international-$, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 124th and Guatemala ranks 126th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).