El Salvador vs Japan: Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita
El Salvador
0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Japan
0.1449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
161st
Japan rank
162nd
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Japan, a difference of 0.0005 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 161st and Japan ranks 162nd of 196 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Japan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2871 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2455 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0415 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.2953 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2507 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.2301 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.254 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.2152 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2879 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0727 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.2154 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1995 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.1899 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1583 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0316 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.1518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1476 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0042 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita, El Salvador or Japan?
- El Salvador, at 0.1454 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.1449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita between El Salvador and Japan?
- 0.0005 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 161st and Japan ranks 162nd of 196 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Greenhouse gas emissions by gas, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.