Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in El Salvador
El Salvador: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 1.78 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in El Salvador, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in El Salvador is 1.78 tonnes per person, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 27.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in El Salvador peaked at 1.78 tonnes per person in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7139 tonnes per person, in 1990.
That places El Salvador 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.02 tonnes per person | 0.7139 tonnes per person | 1.33 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 tonnes per person | 1.34 tonnes per person | 1.64 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.46 tonnes per person | 1.31 tonnes per person | 1.7 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.65 tonnes per person | 1.45 tonnes per person | 1.78 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for El Salvador
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 6.37 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Urban population 4.81 million (2025)
- Urban population 75.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.42 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 264.57 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.42 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.42 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in El Salvador?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in El Salvador was 1.78 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.78 tonnes per person in 2023.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7139 tonnes per person in 1990.
- How does El Salvador rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- El Salvador ranks 93rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.