El Salvador vs Kuwait: Nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Kuwait
1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
138th
Kuwait rank
136th
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador, a difference of 303,423 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Kuwait's figure about 1.3 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 138th and Kuwait ranks 136th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 17 and Kuwait in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 36,696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 23,502 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 13,194 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 39,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 25,415 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 14,349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 45,917 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 29,666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 16,251 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 54,302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 35,608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 18,694 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 74,531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 38,542 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 35,990 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 122,055 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 42,809 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 79,246 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 167,464 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 48,490 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 118,974 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 172,584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 54,919 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 117,666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 185,882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 64,160 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 121,722 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 328,461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 90,102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 238,358 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 623,695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 127,270 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 496,425 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 909,286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 184,545 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 724,741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 1.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 276,252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 927,886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 562,854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 556,637 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 521,329 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 706,525 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 813,522 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 478,996 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.06 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 113,534 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 953,745 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 223,645 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, El Salvador or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 303,423 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kuwait?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Kuwait rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 138th and Kuwait ranks 136th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Nitrous oxide 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.