El Salvador vs Laos: Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region

El Salvador
264.57 million tonnes
in 2024
Laos
243.01 million tonnes
in 2024
El Salvador rank
121st
Laos rank
123rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region over time

  • El Salvador
  • Laos
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 264.57 million tonnes against 243.01 million tonnes in Laos, a difference of 21.57 million tonnes.

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

Across all 70 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 121st and Laos ranks 123rd of 215 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Laos Difference Ahead
1950s 3.57 million tonnes 152,422 tonnes 3.42 million tonnes El Salvador
1960s 9.71 million tonnes 1.13 million tonnes 8.57 million tonnes El Salvador
1970s 24.93 million tonnes 4.39 million tonnes 20.55 million tonnes El Salvador
1980s 45.47 million tonnes 6.61 million tonnes 38.86 million tonnes El Salvador
1990s 76.29 million tonnes 10.94 million tonnes 65.35 million tonnes El Salvador
2000s 132.44 million tonnes 21.39 million tonnes 111.04 million tonnes El Salvador
2010s 196.26 million tonnes 66.72 million tonnes 129.54 million tonnes El Salvador
2020s 247.63 million tonnes 195.61 million tonnes 52.03 million tonnes El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions by world region, El Salvador or Laos?
El Salvador, at 264.57 million tonnes against 243.01 million tonnes in Laos as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions by world region between El Salvador and Laos?
21.57 million tonnes, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Laos?
70 years are reported by both, from 1955 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Laos rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions by world region?
El Salvador ranks 121st and Laos ranks 123rd of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
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Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.