El Salvador vs Paraguay: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
El Salvador
1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Paraguay
1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
135th
Paraguay rank
138th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time
- El Salvador
- Paraguay
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Paraguay, a difference of 0.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 135th and Paraguay ranks 138th of 198 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Paraguay in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.3255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0239 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0153 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.3009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3654 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0645 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1880s | 0.2868 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3182 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1890s | 0.2914 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2495 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0419 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.2968 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3215 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0247 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1910s | 0.3044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3331 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1920s | 0.3017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3457 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.044 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1930s | 0.2939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3592 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0653 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1940s | 0.2985 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.362 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0635 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1950s | 0.4883 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0302 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.6194 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5666 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0528 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.8056 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.713 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0926 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.7504 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8609 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1105 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 1990s | 1.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0399 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 1.36 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1927 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1585 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
| 2020s | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, El Salvador or Paraguay?
- El Salvador, at 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Paraguay as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between El Salvador and Paraguay?
- 0.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Paraguay?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Paraguay rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- El Salvador ranks 135th and Paraguay ranks 138th of 198 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 greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. 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.