El Salvador vs Nepal: Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. Human Development Index

El Salvador
1.78 tonnes per person
in 2023
Nepal
1.59 tonnes per person
in 2023
El Salvador rank
93rd
Nepal rank
95th

Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. Human Development Index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nepal
00.511.52199020062023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.78 tonnes per person against 1.59 tonnes per person in Nepal, a difference of 0.19 tonnes per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Nepal's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 93rd and Nepal ranks 95th of 120 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nepal Difference Ahead
1990s 1.02 tonnes per person 0.0999 tonnes per person 0.9168 tonnes per person El Salvador
2000s 1.47 tonnes per person 0.1549 tonnes per person 1.32 tonnes per person El Salvador
2010s 1.46 tonnes per person 0.4353 tonnes per person 1.02 tonnes per person El Salvador
2020s 1.65 tonnes per person 1.45 tonnes per person 0.2045 tonnes per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. human development index, El Salvador or Nepal?
El Salvador, at 1.78 tonnes per person against 1.59 tonnes per person in Nepal as of 2023.
What is the difference in consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. human development index between El Salvador and Nepal?
0.19 tonnes per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nepal?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nepal rank globally for consumption-based co₂ emissions per capita vs. human development index?
El Salvador ranks 93rd and Nepal ranks 95th of 120 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. Human Development Index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita vs. Human Development Index
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
120 places, 4,064 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.