El Salvador vs Panama: Nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Panama
1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
138th
Panama rank
135th
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in El Salvador, a difference of 370,453 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.4 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 Panama ranks 135th of 201 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 16 and Panama in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 36,696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 24,279 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 12,417 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 39,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 26,315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 13,449 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 45,917 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 30,351 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 15,566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 54,302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 35,835 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 18,468 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 74,531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 49,701 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 24,830 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 122,055 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 82,717 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 39,337 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 167,464 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 113,998 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 53,466 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 172,584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 116,450 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 56,135 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 185,882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 124,592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 61,290 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 328,461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 224,630 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 103,831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 623,695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 430,448 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 193,247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 909,286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 655,059 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 254,227 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 1.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 856,199 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 347,939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 954,988 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 164,504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 192,875 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 166,857 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.25 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 79,131 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Panama |
| 2020s | 953,745 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 336,007 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, El Salvador or Panama?
- Panama, at 1.29 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 Panama?
- 370,453 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 138th and Panama ranks 135th 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.