El Salvador vs Guatemala: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
El Salvador
1.78 tonnes per person
in 2023
Guatemala
1.4 tonnes per person
in 2023
El Salvador rank
93rd
Guatemala rank
96th
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.78 tonnes per person against 1.4 tonnes per person in Guatemala, a difference of 0.38 tonnes per person.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Guatemala's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 93rd and Guatemala ranks 96th of 120 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Guatemala | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.565 tonnes per person | 0.4517 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.47 tonnes per person | 0.8934 tonnes per person | 0.5769 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.46 tonnes per person | 0.8814 tonnes per person | 0.576 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.65 tonnes per person | 1.37 tonnes per person | 0.2791 tonnes per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita, El Salvador or Guatemala?
- El Salvador, at 1.78 tonnes per person against 1.4 tonnes per person in Guatemala as of 2023.
- What is the difference in consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita between El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 0.38 tonnes per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guatemala?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Guatemala rank globally for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 93rd and Guatemala ranks 96th of 120 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 Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP 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 consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.