El Salvador vs Qatar: Nitrous oxide emissions
El Salvador
921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Qatar
914,432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
El Salvador rank
138th
Qatar rank
139th
Nitrous oxide emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Qatar
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 914,432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Qatar, a difference of 7,305 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 138th and Qatar ranks 139th of 201 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 36,696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 15,973 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 20,723 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 39,764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 17,273 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 22,491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 45,917 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 20,161 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 25,755 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 54,302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 24,200 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 30,103 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 74,531 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 26,112 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 48,419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 122,055 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 28,939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 93,116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 167,464 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 32,720 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 134,743 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 172,584 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 36,859 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 135,725 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 185,882 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 41,198 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 144,684 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 328,461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 54,782 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 273,679 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 623,695 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 76,228 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 547,467 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 909,286 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 99,836 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 809,450 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 1.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 114,796 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 118,681 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.00 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 1.23 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 200,838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 1.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.29 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 307,747 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 984,771 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.17 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 679,306 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 489,333 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 953,745 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 878,665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | 75,080 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrous oxide emissions, El Salvador or Qatar?
- El Salvador, at 921,737 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 914,432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Qatar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in nitrous oxide emissions between El Salvador and Qatar?
- 7,305 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Qatar?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Qatar rank globally for nitrous oxide emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 138th and Qatar ranks 139th 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.