El Salvador vs Japan: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
El Salvador
0.0312 tonnes per person
in 2024
Japan
0.0444 tonnes per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
105th
Japan rank
104th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.0444 tonnes per person against 0.0312 tonnes per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0132 tonnes per person.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 105th and Japan ranks 104th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 17 and Japan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 8.7 tonnes per person | 0.4377 tonnes per person | 8.26 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 5.98 tonnes per person | 0.4579 tonnes per person | 5.52 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 6.01 tonnes per person | 0.5288 tonnes per person | 5.48 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 4.77 tonnes per person | 0.6218 tonnes per person | 4.15 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 3.17 tonnes per person | 0.7822 tonnes per person | 2.38 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 6.2 tonnes per person | 0.9009 tonnes per person | 5.3 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 8.27 tonnes per person | 0.9479 tonnes per person | 7.32 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 2.44 tonnes per person | 1.03 tonnes per person | 1.41 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 2.29 tonnes per person | 1.02 tonnes per person | 1.27 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 2.33 tonnes per person | 0.955 tonnes per person | 1.37 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 2.04 tonnes per person | 0.7999 tonnes per person | 1.24 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 1.07 tonnes per person | 0.5673 tonnes per person | 0.5029 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 1.28 tonnes per person | 0.2292 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.894 tonnes per person | 0.0665 tonnes per person | 0.8275 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.7215 tonnes per person | -0.0187 tonnes per person | 0.7402 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.18 tonnes per person | -0.0704 tonnes per person | 0.2504 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0099 tonnes per person | -0.0338 tonnes per person | 0.0436 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.0267 tonnes per person | 0.0361 tonnes per person | 0.0093 tonnes per person | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, El Salvador or Japan?
- Japan, at 0.0444 tonnes per person against 0.0312 tonnes per person in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between El Salvador and Japan?
- 0.0132 tonnes per person, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 105th and Japan ranks 104th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.