El Salvador vs Honduras: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre

El Salvador
31,793 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2023
Honduras
30,220 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
17th
Honduras rank
19th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Honduras
010.0k20.0k30.0k196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 31,793 tonnes per square kilometre against 30,220 tonnes per square kilometre in Honduras, a difference of 1,573 tonnes per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 17th and Honduras ranks 19th of 194 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Honduras Difference Ahead
1960s 23,927 tonnes per square kilometre 20,537 tonnes per square kilometre 3,390 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 25,622 tonnes per square kilometre 22,514 tonnes per square kilometre 3,108 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 28,294 tonnes per square kilometre 24,509 tonnes per square kilometre 3,786 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 30,359 tonnes per square kilometre 26,698 tonnes per square kilometre 3,660 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 31,634 tonnes per square kilometre 28,042 tonnes per square kilometre 3,592 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 31,733 tonnes per square kilometre 29,164 tonnes per square kilometre 2,569 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 31,781 tonnes per square kilometre 30,052 tonnes per square kilometre 1,728 tonnes per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Honduras?
El Salvador, at 31,793 tonnes per square kilometre against 30,220 tonnes per square kilometre in Honduras as of 2023.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Honduras?
1,573 tonnes per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 17th and Honduras ranks 19th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per square kilometre
Unit
tonnes per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
194 places, 11,145 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.