Solid Food Waste — Emissions in El Salvador

El Salvador: Solid Food Waste — Emissions was 51.44 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
51.44 kt
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
68th
of 180 countries
All-time high
51.44 kt
in 2023
All-time low
46.75 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in El Salvador, 1990–2023

02040601990200620231990: 46.7 kt1991: 47.1 kt1992: 47.4 kt1993: 47.7 kt1994: 48 kt1995: 48.3 kt1996: 48.5 kt1997: 48.7 kt1998: 48.9 kt1999: 49.1 kt2000: 49.2 kt2001: 49.3 kt2002: 49.4 kt2003: 49.5 kt2004: 49.6 kt2005: 49.7 kt2006: 49.8 kt2007: 50 kt2008: 50.1 kt2009: 50.2 kt2010: 50.2 kt2011: 50.4 kt2012: 50.5 kt2013: 50.6 kt2014: 50.7 kt2015: 50.8 kt2016: 50.8 kt2017: 50.9 kt2018: 51 kt2019: 51.1 kt2020: 51.1 kt2021: 51.2 kt2022: 51.3 kt2023: 51.4 kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 51.44 kt for solid food waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions in El Salvador peaked at 51.44 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.75 kt, in 1990.

That places El Salvador 68th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Solid Food Waste — Emissions in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4) in El Salvador, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 46.75 kt —
1991 47.07 kt +0.7%
1992 47.37 kt +0.6%
1993 47.66 kt +0.6%
1994 47.96 kt +0.6%
1995 48.26 kt +0.6%
1996 48.51 kt +0.5%
1997 48.72 kt +0.4%
1998 48.91 kt +0.4%
1999 49.06 kt +0.3%
2000 49.19 kt +0.3%
2001 49.31 kt +0.2%
2002 49.41 kt +0.2%
2003 49.51 kt +0.2%
2004 49.6 kt +0.2%
2005 49.71 kt +0.2%
2006 49.84 kt +0.3%
2007 49.97 kt +0.3%
2008 50.1 kt +0.3%
2009 50.17 kt +0.1%
2010 50.25 kt +0.2%
2011 50.37 kt +0.2%
2012 50.49 kt +0.2%
2013 50.59 kt +0.2%
2014 50.67 kt +0.2%
2015 50.75 kt +0.2%
2016 50.83 kt +0.2%
2017 50.91 kt +0.1%
2018 50.99 kt +0.2%
2019 51.06 kt +0.1%
2020 51.05 kt -0.0%
2021 51.17 kt +0.2%
2022 51.31 kt +0.3%
2023 51.44 kt +0.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 51.44 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 50.94 kt, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 51.44 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 32.19 kt, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 48.03 kt 46.75 kt 49.06 kt 10
2000s 49.68 kt 49.19 kt 50.17 kt 10
2010s 50.69 kt 50.25 kt 51.06 kt 10
2020s 51.24 kt 51.05 kt 51.44 kt 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 65 Belarus 55.63 kt compare
  2. 66 Mozambique 54.58 kt compare
  3. 67 Kuwait 53.36 kt compare
  4. 69 Angola 51.3 kt compare
  5. 70 Serbia 50.94 kt compare
  6. 71 Czechia 48.49 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is solid food waste — emissions in El Salvador?
Solid food waste — emissions in El Salvador was 51.44 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest solid food waste — emissions recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 51.44 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 46.75 kt in 1990.
How does El Salvador rank for solid food waste — emissions?
El Salvador ranks 68th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is solid food waste — emissions rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CH4)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,416 data points, 1990–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Pre- and post- agricultural production includes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and related activity data, generated from pre- and post-agriculture production stages of the agri-food systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2) and CO2 equivalent (CO2eq) emissions from the above activities as well as the aggregate fluorinated gases (F-gases) emissions. Estimates are available by country, with global coverage and are updated annually.The FAOSTAT domain disseminates information estimates of CH4, N2O, CO2 emissions, F-gases, their aggregates in CO2eq in units of kilotonnes (kt, or 10^6 kg), and the underlying activity data. CO2eq emissions are computed by using the IPCC Fifth Assessment report global warming potentials, AR5 (IPCC, 2014). Data are available for most countries and territories, for standard FAOSTAT regional aggregations, and for Annex I and non-Annex I country groups.