How does El Salvador rank for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?

El Salvador ranks 35th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.

Is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?

Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador

Name: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

El Salvador: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre was 0.0025 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0025 kt per square kilometre

Change on year

down 1.1%

World rank

35th

of 201 countries

All-time high

0.0043 kt per square kilometre

in 2008

All-time low

0.0024 kt per square kilometre

in 2019

Years of data

1961–2023

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.

Analysis

In 2023, ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in El Salvador stood at 0.0025 kt per square kilometre.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 0.0043 kt per square kilometre in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.0024 kt per square kilometre, in 2019.

That places El Salvador 35th out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961 to 2023.
Year	kt per square kilometre	Change
1961	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	—
1962	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+1.0%
1963	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+1.0%
1964	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+0.7%
1965	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	+1.0%
1966	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	+1.7%
1967	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	+1.2%
1968	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	+0.6%
1969	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	+0.5%
1970	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	+1.1%
1971	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	-10.0%
1972	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+4.1%
1973	0.0031 kt per square kilometre	-11.0%
1974	0.0032 kt per square kilometre	+3.1%
1975	0.0032 kt per square kilometre	-0.2%
1976	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	+7.4%
1977	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+14.1%
1978	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	+5.0%
1979	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	+2.9%
1980	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	-11.1%
1981	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	-8.8%
1982	0.003 kt per square kilometre	-12.5%
1983	0.0029 kt per square kilometre	-3.6%
1984	0.0029 kt per square kilometre	+0.7%
1985	0.0031 kt per square kilometre	+5.7%
1986	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	+5.9%
1987	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	+3.5%
1988	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+4.6%
1989	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	+2.2%
1990	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	+4.1%
1991	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+2.2%
1992	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+1.1%
1993	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	-4.3%
1994	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+4.6%
1995	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	-10.9%
1996	0.004 kt per square kilometre	+14.0%
1997	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	-8.2%
1998	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	-9.1%
1999	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	+7.5%
2000	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	-7.0%
2001	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	+14.5%
2002	0.004 kt per square kilometre	+6.6%
2003	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	-4.3%
2004	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+0.6%
2005	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	+0.1%
2006	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	+4.6%
2007	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	+4.0%
2008	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	+2.0%
2009	0.0041 kt per square kilometre	-4.4%
2010	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	-7.2%
2011	0.0032 kt per square kilometre	-15.4%
2012	0.0035 kt per square kilometre	+8.7%
2013	0.0028 kt per square kilometre	-19.1%
2014	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	+15.0%
2015	0.0032 kt per square kilometre	-2.4%
2016	0.0029 kt per square kilometre	-8.1%
2017	0.0028 kt per square kilometre	-4.2%
2018	0.0025 kt per square kilometre	-11.0%
2019	0.0024 kt per square kilometre	-5.2%
2020	0.0026 kt per square kilometre	+7.7%
2021	0.0027 kt per square kilometre	+4.1%
2022	0.0026 kt per square kilometre	-3.9%
2023	0.0025 kt per square kilometre	-1.1%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

El Salvador's 0.0025 kt per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0012 kt per square kilometre, 2.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
El Salvador's 0.0025 kt per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0013 kt per square kilometre, 2.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	0.0034 kt per square kilometre	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	9
1970s	0.0036 kt per square kilometre	0.0031 kt per square kilometre	0.0042 kt per square kilometre	10
1980s	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	0.0029 kt per square kilometre	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	10
1990s	0.0037 kt per square kilometre	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	0.004 kt per square kilometre	10
2000s	0.0039 kt per square kilometre	0.0033 kt per square kilometre	0.0043 kt per square kilometre	10
2010s	0.003 kt per square kilometre	0.0024 kt per square kilometre	0.0038 kt per square kilometre	10
2020s	0.0026 kt per square kilometre	0.0025 kt per square kilometre	0.0027 kt per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

32 Italy 0.0027 kt per square kilometre compare
33 Rwanda 0.0027 kt per square kilometre compare
34 Guinea 0.0026 kt per square kilometre compare
36 Guatemala 0.0025 kt per square kilometre compare
37 Cuba 0.0024 kt per square kilometre compare
38 Barbados 0.0023 kt per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 203 places →

More climate change data for El Salvador

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 155.61 million kg (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,408 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,253 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,155 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.73 kt (2050)
Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.4 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,045 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 999.45 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 45.18 kt (2050)
Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.77 kt (2050)

All data for El Salvador →

Frequently asked questions

What is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in El Salvador?: Ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre in El Salvador was 0.0025 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?: The highest recorded value was 0.0043 kt per square kilometre in 2008.
What is the lowest ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0024 kt per square kilometre in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre?: El Salvador ranks 35th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is ipcc agriculture — emissions (ch4), per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?: Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/ipcc-agriculture-emissions-ch4-per-square-kilometre/el-salvador/">IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre in El Salvador</a> — Statizoid

How this figure is calculated

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) 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.

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

Computed from

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.

About this data

Indicator: IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre
Unit: kt per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 203 places, 11,186 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 20 September 2026

IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CH4) 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.