Cabo Verde vs El Salvador: Waste — Emissions per capita
Cabo Verde
0.25 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
El Salvador
0.24 t CO2eq/cap
in 2023
Cabo Verde rank
99th
El Salvador rank
101st
Waste — Emissions per capita over time
- Cabo Verde
- El Salvador
How they compare
Cabo Verde currently reports 0.25 t CO2eq/cap against 0.24 t CO2eq/cap in El Salvador, a difference of 0.01 t CO2eq/cap.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
Cabo Verde ranks 99th and El Salvador ranks 101st of 222 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cabo Verde averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cabo Verde | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.139 t CO2eq/cap | 0.222 t CO2eq/cap | 0.083 t CO2eq/cap | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.204 t CO2eq/cap | 0.236 t CO2eq/cap | 0.032 t CO2eq/cap | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.259 t CO2eq/cap | 0.215 t CO2eq/cap | 0.044 t CO2eq/cap | Cabo Verde |
| 2020s | 0.255 t CO2eq/cap | 0.2375 t CO2eq/cap | 0.0175 t CO2eq/cap | Cabo Verde |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher waste — emissions per capita, Cabo Verde or El Salvador?
- Cabo Verde, at 0.25 t CO2eq/cap against 0.24 t CO2eq/cap in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in waste — emissions per capita between Cabo Verde and El Salvador?
- 0.01 t CO2eq/cap, with Cabo Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cabo Verde and El Salvador?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Cabo Verde and El Salvador rank globally for waste — emissions per capita?
- Cabo Verde ranks 99th and El Salvador ranks 101st of 222 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Waste — Emissions per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.