El Salvador vs Yemen: Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions
El Salvador
8.97 million tonnes
in 2024
Yemen
10.12 million tonnes
in 2024
El Salvador rank
112th
Yemen rank
110th
Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions over time
- El Salvador
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 10.12 million tonnes against 8.97 million tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 1.15 million tonnes.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 112th and Yemen ranks 110th of 215 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 465,482 tonnes | 1.69 million tonnes | 1.23 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 1960s | 1.02 million tonnes | 4.35 million tonnes | 3.33 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 1970s | 1.99 million tonnes | 2.50 million tonnes | 508,518 tonnes | Yemen |
| 1980s | 2.05 million tonnes | 7.20 million tonnes | 5.16 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 1990s | 4.35 million tonnes | 10.98 million tonnes | 6.64 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 2000s | 6.26 million tonnes | 20.93 million tonnes | 14.67 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 2010s | 6.46 million tonnes | 17.95 million tonnes | 11.49 million tonnes | Yemen |
| 2020s | 7.73 million tonnes | 10.41 million tonnes | 2.67 million tonnes | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher territorial and consumption-based co₂ emissions, El Salvador or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 10.12 million tonnes against 8.97 million tonnes in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in territorial and consumption-based co₂ emissions between El Salvador and Yemen?
- 1.15 million tonnes, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Yemen?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Yemen rank globally for territorial and consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 112th and Yemen ranks 110th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Territorial and consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change, measured in tonnes.