Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador
El Salvador: Per capita methane emissions was 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
167th
of 199 countries
All-time high
1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1960
All-time low
0.4631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2019
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita methane emissions in El Salvador is 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 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 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1960 and was at its lowest, 0.4631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7595 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7563 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7611 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.7477 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7379 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7551 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.7177 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6987 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.6935 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6924 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.696 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.7032 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6933 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.7371 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7106 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7536 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.8008 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7554 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8389 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.7995 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8459 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.788 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7492 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8491 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.8961 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8644 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9188 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.9614 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.9242 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.9065 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.779 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7226 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.838 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6765 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.764 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.671 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6396 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6984 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6456 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5873 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.585 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.493 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 164 Micronesia (country) 0.5252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 165 Benin 0.5234 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 166 Jordan 0.5138 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 168 Sri Lanka 0.4803 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 169 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4799 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.478 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
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 methane emissions in El Salvador?
- Per capita methane emissions in El Salvador was 0.5058 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1960.
- What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4631 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 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 Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.