Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled

Costa Rica
285.80 million tonnes
in 2024
El Salvador
264.57 million tonnes
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
120th
El Salvador rank
121st

Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled over time

  • Costa Rica
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 285.80 million tonnes against 264.57 million tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 21.23 million tonnes.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 155 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 120th and El Salvador ranks 121st of 215 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 14 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica El Salvador Difference Ahead
1870s 327.9 tonnes 6.8 tonnes 321.1 tonnes Costa Rica
1880s 6,741 tonnes 124.4 tonnes 6,616 tonnes Costa Rica
1890s 148,758 tonnes 5,919 tonnes 142,838 tonnes Costa Rica
1900s 483,971 tonnes 17,850 tonnes 466,122 tonnes Costa Rica
1910s 1.23 million tonnes 23,669 tonnes 1.21 million tonnes Costa Rica
1920s 1.53 million tonnes 46,997 tonnes 1.48 million tonnes Costa Rica
1930s 1.60 million tonnes 92,170 tonnes 1.51 million tonnes Costa Rica
1940s 1.63 million tonnes 101,776 tonnes 1.53 million tonnes Costa Rica
1950s 3.70 million tonnes 2.35 million tonnes 1.35 million tonnes Costa Rica
1960s 9.19 million tonnes 9.71 million tonnes 514,287 tonnes El Salvador
1970s 23.39 million tonnes 24.93 million tonnes 1.54 million tonnes El Salvador
1980s 46.80 million tonnes 45.47 million tonnes 1.32 million tonnes Costa Rica
1990s 80.38 million tonnes 76.29 million tonnes 4.09 million tonnes Costa Rica
2000s 137.29 million tonnes 132.44 million tonnes 4.86 million tonnes Costa Rica
2010s 211.38 million tonnes 196.26 million tonnes 15.13 million tonnes Costa Rica
2020s 268.97 million tonnes 247.63 million tonnes 21.34 million tonnes Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
Costa Rica, at 285.80 million tonnes against 264.57 million tonnes in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
21.23 million tonnes, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
155 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions, gaps filled?
Costa Rica ranks 120th and El Salvador ranks 121st of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions, gaps filled
Unit
tonnes
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
215 places, 23,492 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative CO₂ emissions with 84 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.