El Salvador vs Guyana: Methane emissions

El Salvador
3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Guyana
3.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
139th
Guyana rank
136th

Methane emissions over time

  • El Salvador
  • Guyana
02.0M4.0M6.0M185019372024

How they compare

Guyana currently reports 3.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 3.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador, a difference of 706,420 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

That makes Guyana's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guyana ahead.

El Salvador ranks 139th and Guyana ranks 136th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Guyana in 11.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Guyana Difference Ahead
1850s 299,860 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 893,059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1860s 348,109 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 996,326 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1870s 407,329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1880s 479,890 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1890s 554,505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.01 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.45 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1900s 683,011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.60 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1910s 931,296 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.69 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.76 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1920s 1.15 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.33 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1930s 1.34 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 4.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.95 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1940s 1.77 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.80 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana
1950s 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 736,993 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
1960s 2.86 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.67 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
1970s 3.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.64 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
1980s 3.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.38 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
1990s 3.83 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.27 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2000s 3.87 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.53 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2010s 3.19 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.89 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents El Salvador
2020s 3.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 101,358 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher methane emissions, El Salvador or Guyana?
Guyana, at 3.91 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 Guyana?
706,420 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Guyana?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Guyana rank globally for methane emissions?
El Salvador ranks 139th and Guyana ranks 136th 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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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.