El Salvador vs Equatorial Guinea: Methane emissions
El Salvador
3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
139th
Equatorial Guinea rank
141st
Methane emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 506,960 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.2 times Equatorial Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 139th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 15 and Equatorial Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 299,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 58,470 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 241,390 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 348,109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 55,723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 292,386 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 407,329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 53,204 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 354,125 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 479,890 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 50,783 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 429,107 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 554,505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 48,673 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 505,832 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 683,011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 47,174 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 635,838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 931,296 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 46,576 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 884,721 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 46,599 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 50,407 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 1.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 57,363 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.71 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 68,659 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 2.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 72,013 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 2.79 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 3.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 90,584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 3.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 137,571 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 696,360 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 9.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 5.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 7.59 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 4.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 3.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 509,340 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher methane emissions, El Salvador or Equatorial Guinea?
- El Salvador, at 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in methane emissions between El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 506,960 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for methane emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 139th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 141st 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
Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.