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