El Salvador vs Niger: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
El Salvador
0.1335 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Niger
0.1292 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
El Salvador rank
124th
Niger rank
127th
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Niger
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1292 kilograms per international-$ in Niger, a difference of 0.0043 kilograms per international-$.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1950 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 124th and Niger ranks 127th of 164 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Niger in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0799 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0069 kilograms per international-$ | 0.073 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.1025 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0171 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0854 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.1243 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0513 kilograms per international-$ | 0.073 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.1279 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1253 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0026 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.1807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0881 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0925 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.1679 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0771 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0908 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1297 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1178 kilograms per international-$ | 0.012 kilograms per international-$ | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1241 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1278 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0037 kilograms per international-$ | Niger |
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 Niger?
- El Salvador, at 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1292 kilograms per international-$ in Niger as of 2022.
- What is the difference in carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp between El Salvador and Niger?
- 0.0043 kilograms per international-$, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Niger?
- 73 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Niger rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 124th and Niger ranks 127th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).