Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O, per square
Costa Rica
0.0095 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador
0.0099 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
29th
El Salvador rank
28th
Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O, per square over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.0099 kt per square kilometre against 0.0095 kt per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0004 kt per square kilometre.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 29th and El Salvador ranks 28th of 176 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0021 kt per square kilometre | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 0.0051 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.0037 kt per square kilometre | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 0.0138 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 0.0092 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.0082 kt per square kilometre | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 0.0144 kt per square kilometre | 0.0073 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.0095 kt per square kilometre | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 0.0056 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.009 kt per square kilometre | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 0.0009 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 0.0099 kt per square kilometre against 0.0095 kt per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 0.0004 kt per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square?
- Costa Rica ranks 29th and El Salvador ranks 28th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.