El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O, per square
El Salvador
0.0099 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.0106 kt per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
28th
Sri Lanka rank
25th
Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O, per square over time
- El Salvador
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0106 kt per square kilometre against 0.0099 kt per square kilometre in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0007 kt per square kilometre.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
El Salvador ranks 28th and Sri Lanka ranks 25th of 176 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0072 kt per square kilometre | 0.0038 kt per square kilometre | 0.0033 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.0174 kt per square kilometre | 0.0052 kt per square kilometre | 0.0123 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.0148 kt per square kilometre | 0.0084 kt per square kilometre | 0.0064 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.0146 kt per square kilometre | 0.0105 kt per square kilometre | 0.0041 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.0144 kt per square kilometre | 0.0152 kt per square kilometre | 0.0008 kt per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 0.0151 kt per square kilometre | 0.0131 kt per square kilometre | 0.0019 kt per square kilometre | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 0.0133 kt per square kilometre | 0.0034 kt per square kilometre | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 0.0106 kt per square kilometre against 0.0099 kt per square kilometre in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 0.0007 kt per square kilometre, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for synthetic fertilizers — emissions (co2eq) from n2o, per square?
- El Salvador ranks 28th and Sri Lanka ranks 25th 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.