El Salvador vs Honduras: Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions
El Salvador
1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Honduras
1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
134th
Honduras rank
136th
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Honduras
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Honduras, a difference of 0.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 134th and Honduras ranks 136th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Honduras in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Honduras | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0135 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3054 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0116 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.3009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.349 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0482 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1880s | 0.2868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1890s | 0.2914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3183 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1900s | 0.2968 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3127 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0159 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1910s | 0.3044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3322 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0278 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1920s | 0.3017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3061 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1930s | 0.2939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0065 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.2985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0088 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.4883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.548 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0598 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1960s | 0.6194 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6747 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1970s | 0.8056 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8722 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0667 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1980s | 0.7504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8373 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 1990s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9736 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1298 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0505 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.143 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Honduras |
| 2020s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0011 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions, El Salvador or Honduras?
- El Salvador, at 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Honduras as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions between El Salvador and Honduras?
- 0.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for per capita ghg emissions vs. per capita co₂ emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 134th and Honduras ranks 136th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.