El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Per capita methane emissions
El Salvador
0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Sri Lanka
0.4803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
El Salvador rank
167th
Sri Lanka rank
168th
Per capita methane emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 167th and Sri Lanka ranks 168th of 199 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 18 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7595 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6192 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1403 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1860s | 0.7477 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6297 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.118 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1870s | 0.7177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5222 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1880s | 0.6935 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4869 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2066 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1890s | 0.7032 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4831 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1900s | 0.7371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4778 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2593 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1910s | 0.8008 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4769 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3238 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1920s | 0.7995 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4952 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3043 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1930s | 0.788 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5262 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2618 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1940s | 0.8961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5946 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3015 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1950s | 0.9614 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6859 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2755 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 0.9065 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6626 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2439 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.779 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.609 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.6765 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6111 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0655 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5473 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1237 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.6456 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4608 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.1849 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.5172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4719 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0453 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.0225 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 methane emissions, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
- El Salvador, at 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 0.4803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in per capita methane emissions between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0255 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for per capita methane emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 167th and Sri Lanka ranks 168th of 199 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 methane 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 per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.