Croatia vs El Salvador: Methane emissions

Croatia
3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador
3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Croatia rank
140th
El Salvador rank
139th

Methane emissions over time

  • Croatia
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Croatia, a difference of 45,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 140th and El Salvador ranks 139th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 17 and El Salvador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Croatia El Salvador Difference Ahead
1850s 864,524 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 299,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 564,664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1860s 935,489 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 348,109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 587,380 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1870s 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 407,329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 628,589 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1880s 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 479,890 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 667,057 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1890s 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 554,505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 716,501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1900s 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 683,011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 714,695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1910s 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 931,296 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 609,015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1920s 1.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 656,963 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1930s 2.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 771,290 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1940s 2.52 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 753,939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1950s 3.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 772,022 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1960s 3.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 834,239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1970s 4.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1980s 4.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
1990s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 71,310 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
2000s 3.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24,226 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2010s 3.90 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 715,533 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia
2020s 3.37 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 274,974 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, Croatia or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.16 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Croatia as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between Croatia and El Salvador?
45,750 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and El Salvador?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Croatia and El Salvador rank globally for methane emissions?
Croatia ranks 140th and El Salvador ranks 139th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Methane emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.