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Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador

El Salvador: Per capita methane emissions was 0.5058 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.5058
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
167th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.02
in 1960
All-time low
0.4631
in 2019
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador, 1850–2024

00.250.50.751185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for per capita methane emissions in El Salvador is 0.5058, measured in 2024.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in El Salvador peaked at 1.02 in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.4631, in 2019.

That places El Salvador 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.7602 —
1851 0.7609 +0.1%
1852 0.7611 +0.0%
1853 0.7609 -0.0%
1854 0.7605 -0.0%
1855 0.76 -0.1%
1856 0.7593 -0.1%
1857 0.7584 -0.1%
1858 0.7575 -0.1%
1859 0.7563 -0.1%
1860 0.7551 -0.2%
1861 0.7537 -0.2%
1862 0.7522 -0.2%
1863 0.751 -0.2%
1864 0.7493 -0.2%
1865 0.7475 -0.2%
1866 0.7455 -0.3%
1867 0.7434 -0.3%
1868 0.7413 -0.3%
1869 0.7379 -0.5%
1870 0.7334 -0.6%
1871 0.7319 -0.2%
1872 0.7291 -0.4%
1873 0.725 -0.6%
1874 0.7208 -0.6%
1875 0.7165 -0.6%
1876 0.712 -0.6%
1877 0.7073 -0.7%
1878 0.7025 -0.7%
1879 0.6987 -0.5%
1880 0.696 -0.4%
1881 0.6942 -0.3%
1882 0.6934 -0.1%
1883 0.6936 +0.0%
1884 0.6936 +0.0%
1885 0.6935 -0.0%
1886 0.6932 -0.0%
1887 0.6929 -0.1%
1888 0.6924 -0.1%
1889 0.6925 +0.0%
1890 0.6933 +0.1%
1891 0.6948 +0.2%
1892 0.6968 +0.3%
1893 0.6996 +0.4%
1894 0.7022 +0.4%
1895 0.7047 +0.4%
1896 0.7072 +0.3%
1897 0.7095 +0.3%
1898 0.7118 +0.3%
1899 0.7121 +0.0%
1900 0.7106 -0.2%
1901 0.7203 +1.4%
1902 0.7279 +1.0%
1903 0.7331 +0.7%
1904 0.7378 +0.6%
1905 0.7418 +0.5%
1906 0.7454 +0.5%
1907 0.7487 +0.4%
1908 0.7514 +0.4%
1909 0.7536 +0.3%
1910 0.7554 +0.2%
1911 0.7676 +1.6%
1912 0.7789 +1.5%
1913 0.7893 +1.3%
1914 0.799 +1.2%
1915 0.8078 +1.1%
1916 0.8159 +1.0%
1917 0.8235 +0.9%
1918 0.8314 +1.0%
1919 0.8389 +0.9%
1920 0.8459 +0.8%
1921 0.8346 -1.3%
1922 0.8245 -1.2%
1923 0.8136 -1.3%
1924 0.8037 -1.2%
1925 0.794 -1.2%
1926 0.7843 -1.2%
1927 0.7737 -1.3%
1928 0.7651 -1.1%
1929 0.756 -1.2%
1930 0.7492 -0.9%
1931 0.7545 +0.7%
1932 0.7598 +0.7%
1933 0.767 +0.9%
1934 0.7739 +0.9%
1935 0.7805 +0.9%
1936 0.798 +2.2%
1937 0.8154 +2.2%
1938 0.8327 +2.1%
1939 0.8491 +2.0%
1940 0.8644 +1.8%
1941 0.8737 +1.1%
1942 0.8827 +1.0%
1943 0.889 +0.7%
1944 0.8966 +0.9%
1945 0.9017 +0.6%
1946 0.9065 +0.5%
1947 0.9111 +0.5%
1948 0.9162 +0.6%
1949 0.9188 +0.3%
1950 0.9242 +0.6%
1951 0.9297 +0.6%
1952 0.937 +0.8%
1953 0.9452 +0.9%
1954 0.9544 +1.0%
1955 0.9638 +1.0%
1956 0.9738 +1.0%
1957 0.9841 +1.1%
1958 0.9951 +1.1%
1959 1.01 +1.2%
1960 1.02 +1.1%
1961 0.9378 -7.9%
1962 0.9263 -1.2%
1963 0.9166 -1.0%
1964 0.9041 -1.4%
1965 0.8921 -1.3%
1966 0.8859 -0.7%
1967 0.8749 -1.2%
1968 0.8616 -1.5%
1969 0.8481 -1.6%
1970 0.8276 -2.4%
1971 0.7715 -6.8%
1972 0.7849 +1.7%
1973 0.7226 -7.9%
1974 0.7317 +1.3%
1975 0.7253 -0.9%
1976 0.75 +3.4%
1977 0.8093 +7.9%
1978 0.8286 +2.4%
1979 0.838 +1.1%
1980 0.764 -8.8%
1981 0.7241 -5.2%
1982 0.671 -7.3%
1983 0.6542 -2.5%
1984 0.651 -0.5%
1985 0.6636 +1.9%
1986 0.6574 -0.9%
1987 0.6609 +0.5%
1988 0.659 -0.3%
1989 0.6601 +0.2%
1990 0.669 +1.3%
1991 0.673 +0.6%
1992 0.6805 +1.1%
1993 0.6625 -2.6%
1994 0.6804 +2.7%
1995 0.6396 -6.0%
1996 0.695 +8.7%
1997 0.6984 +0.5%
1998 0.6527 -6.5%
1999 0.6585 +0.9%
2000 0.5873 -10.8%
2001 0.6358 +8.3%
2002 0.6615 +4.1%
2003 0.6504 -1.7%
2004 0.6586 +1.3%
2005 0.6661 +1.1%
2006 0.6912 +3.8%
2007 0.6684 -3.3%
2008 0.626 -6.3%
2009 0.611 -2.4%
2010 0.585 -4.3%
2011 0.5307 -9.3%
2012 0.5603 +5.6%
2013 0.4975 -11.2%
2014 0.534 +7.3%
2015 0.5279 -1.1%
2016 0.504 -4.5%
2017 0.4978 -1.2%
2018 0.4717 -5.2%
2019 0.4631 -1.8%
2020 0.4799 +3.6%
2021 0.4925 +2.6%
2022 0.4922 -0.1%
2023 0.4944 +0.5%
2024 0.5058 +2.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.5058 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.07, 47% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.5058 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.03, 49% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.7595 0.7563 0.7611 10
1860s 0.7477 0.7379 0.7551 10
1870s 0.7177 0.6987 0.7334 10
1880s 0.6935 0.6924 0.696 10
1890s 0.7032 0.6933 0.7121 10
1900s 0.7371 0.7106 0.7536 10
1910s 0.8008 0.7554 0.8389 10
1920s 0.7995 0.756 0.8459 10
1930s 0.788 0.7492 0.8491 10
1940s 0.8961 0.8644 0.9188 10
1950s 0.9614 0.9242 1.01 10
1960s 0.9065 0.8481 1.02 10
1970s 0.779 0.7226 0.838 10
1980s 0.6765 0.651 0.764 10
1990s 0.671 0.6396 0.6984 10
2000s 0.6456 0.5873 0.6912 10
2010s 0.5172 0.4631 0.585 10
2020s 0.493 0.4799 0.5058 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 164 Micronesia (country) 0.5252 compare
  2. 165 Benin 0.5234 compare
  3. 166 Jordan 0.5138 compare
  4. 168 Sri Lanka 0.4803 compare
  5. 169 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4799 compare
  6. 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.478 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in El Salvador?
Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador was 0.5058 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.02 in 1960.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4631 in 2019.
How does El Salvador rank for per capita methane emissions?
El Salvador ranks 167th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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