El Salvador vs Georgia: Methane emissions

El Salvador
3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Georgia
3.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
139th
Georgia rank
138th

Methane emissions over time

  • El Salvador
  • Georgia
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How they compare

Georgia currently reports 3.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador, a difference of 53,320 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Georgia ahead.

El Salvador ranks 139th and Georgia ranks 138th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Georgia in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Georgia Difference Ahead
1850s 299,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.07 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 770,179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1860s 348,109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.14 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 791,836 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1870s 407,329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 854,063 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1880s 479,890 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 923,242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1890s 554,505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1900s 683,011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1910s 931,296 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 936,571 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1920s 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.85 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 702,226 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1930s 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 750,732 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1940s 1.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 518,662 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1950s 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 220,446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1960s 2.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 383,956 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1970s 3.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.98 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 804,532 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1980s 3.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.51 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
1990s 3.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 193,919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2000s 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.43 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 448,642 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2010s 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 48,893 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia
2020s 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 83,458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, El Salvador or Georgia?
Georgia, at 3.26 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in methane emissions between El Salvador and Georgia?
53,320 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Georgia?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Georgia rank globally for methane emissions?
El Salvador ranks 139th and Georgia ranks 138th 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.