El Salvador vs Portugal: emissions of air pollutants, per capita

El Salvador
0.0218 tonnes per person
in 2022
Portugal
0.0215 tonnes per person
in 2022
El Salvador rank
166th
Portugal rank
169th

emissions of air pollutants, per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Portugal
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0218 tonnes per person against 0.0215 tonnes per person in Portugal, a difference of 0.0003 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 166th and Portugal ranks 169th of 207 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1152 tonnes per person 0.028 tonnes per person 0.0873 tonnes per person El Salvador
1970s 0.12 tonnes per person 0.0403 tonnes per person 0.0797 tonnes per person El Salvador
1980s 0.0833 tonnes per person 0.0509 tonnes per person 0.0324 tonnes per person El Salvador
1990s 0.0541 tonnes per person 0.0773 tonnes per person 0.0232 tonnes per person Portugal
2000s 0.0304 tonnes per person 0.0434 tonnes per person 0.013 tonnes per person Portugal
2010s 0.0238 tonnes per person 0.0261 tonnes per person 0.0023 tonnes per person Portugal
2020s 0.0209 tonnes per person 0.0218 tonnes per person 0.0009 tonnes per person Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher emissions of air pollutants, per capita, El Salvador or Portugal?
El Salvador, at 0.0218 tonnes per person against 0.0215 tonnes per person in Portugal as of 2022.
What is the difference in emissions of air pollutants, per capita between El Salvador and Portugal?
0.0003 tonnes per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Portugal?
63 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Portugal rank globally for emissions of air pollutants, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 166th and Portugal ranks 169th of 207 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as emissions of air pollutants, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
emissions of air pollutants, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
207 places, 13,011 data points, 1960–2022
Last refreshed

emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.