El Salvador vs Portugal: Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP
El Salvador
0.1335 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
Portugal
0.1377 kilograms per international-$
in 2022
El Salvador rank
124th
Portugal rank
123rd
Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP over time
- El Salvador
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.1377 kilograms per international-$ against 0.1335 kilograms per international-$ in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0042 kilograms per international-$.
Across all 103 years both countries report, Portugal has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 124th and Portugal ranks 123rd of 164 countries.
Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 11 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0021 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2087 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2066 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1930s | 0.0011 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2189 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2177 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1940s | 0.0001 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1681 kilograms per international-$ | 0.168 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1950s | 0.0799 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1927 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1127 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1960s | 0.1025 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1961 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0936 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1970s | 0.1243 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2031 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0788 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1980s | 0.1279 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2205 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0926 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 1990s | 0.1807 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2712 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0905 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 2000s | 0.1679 kilograms per international-$ | 0.2553 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0874 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 2010s | 0.1297 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1923 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0626 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.1241 kilograms per international-$ | 0.1473 kilograms per international-$ | 0.0232 kilograms per international-$ | Portugal |
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 Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.1377 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 Portugal?
- 0.0042 kilograms per international-$, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Portugal?
- 103 years are reported by both, from 1920 to 2022.
- How do El Salvador and Portugal rank globally for carbon intensity: co₂ emissions per dollar of gdp?
- El Salvador ranks 124th and Portugal ranks 123rd of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Bolt and van Zanden – Maddison Project Database 2023 – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Carbon intensity: CO₂ emissions per dollar of GDP. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in kilograms per dollar of GDP (2011 international-$).