Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador stood at 0.1%. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador peaked at 0.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 98th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
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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 share of global co₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from oil in El Salvador was 0.1% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from oil recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from oil recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of global co₂ emissions from oil?
- El Salvador ranks 98th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. 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) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.