El Salvador vs Papua New Guinea: Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.0042 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
0.0038 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
145th
Papua New Guinea rank
147th

Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Papua New Guinea
00.0050.010.0150.020.025196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0042 kt per square kilometre against 0.0038 kt per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0004 kt per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 145th and Papua New Guinea ranks 147th of 185 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.018 kt per square kilometre 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 0.0176 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 0.0217 kt per square kilometre 0.0003 kt per square kilometre 0.0214 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 0.0216 kt per square kilometre 0.0004 kt per square kilometre 0.0212 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 0.0203 kt per square kilometre 0.0027 kt per square kilometre 0.0176 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.0095 kt per square kilometre 0.0037 kt per square kilometre 0.0058 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.0063 kt per square kilometre 0.0029 kt per square kilometre 0.0033 kt per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.0041 kt per square kilometre 0.0039 kt per square kilometre 0.0001 kt per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher energy — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Papua New Guinea?
El Salvador, at 0.0042 kt per square kilometre against 0.0038 kt per square kilometre in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in energy — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
0.0004 kt per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for energy — emissions (co2eq) from ch4 (ar5), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 145th and Papua New Guinea ranks 147th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
186 places, 10,671 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Energy — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) 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.