Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in El Salvador

El Salvador: Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) was 1,440 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,440 kt
Change on year
up 0.3%
World rank
68th
of 180 countries
All-time high
1,440 kt
in 2023
All-time low
1,309 kt
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) in El Salvador, 1990–2023

05001.0k1.5k1990200620231990: 1.3k kt1991: 1.3k kt1992: 1.3k kt1993: 1.3k kt1994: 1.3k kt1995: 1.4k kt1996: 1.4k kt1997: 1.4k kt1998: 1.4k kt1999: 1.4k kt2000: 1.4k kt2001: 1.4k kt2002: 1.4k kt2003: 1.4k kt2004: 1.4k kt2005: 1.4k kt2006: 1.4k kt2007: 1.4k kt2008: 1.4k kt2009: 1.4k kt2010: 1.4k kt2011: 1.4k kt2012: 1.4k kt2013: 1.4k kt2014: 1.4k kt2015: 1.4k kt2016: 1.4k kt2017: 1.4k kt2018: 1.4k kt2019: 1.4k kt2020: 1.4k kt2021: 1.4k kt2022: 1.4k kt2023: 1.4k kt

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

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 1,440 kt for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in El Salvador peaked at 1,440 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1,309 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 (CO2eq) in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) in El Salvador, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt Change
1990 1,309 kt —
1991 1,318 kt +0.7%
1992 1,326 kt +0.6%
1993 1,335 kt +0.6%
1994 1,343 kt +0.6%
1995 1,351 kt +0.6%
1996 1,358 kt +0.5%
1997 1,364 kt +0.4%
1998 1,370 kt +0.4%
1999 1,374 kt +0.3%
2000 1,377 kt +0.3%
2001 1,381 kt +0.2%
2002 1,383 kt +0.2%
2003 1,386 kt +0.2%
2004 1,389 kt +0.2%
2005 1,392 kt +0.2%
2006 1,396 kt +0.3%
2007 1,399 kt +0.3%
2008 1,403 kt +0.3%
2009 1,405 kt +0.1%
2010 1,407 kt +0.2%
2011 1,410 kt +0.2%
2012 1,414 kt +0.2%
2013 1,416 kt +0.2%
2014 1,419 kt +0.2%
2015 1,421 kt +0.2%
2016 1,423 kt +0.2%
2017 1,425 kt +0.1%
2018 1,428 kt +0.2%
2019 1,430 kt +0.1%
2020 1,430 kt -0.0%
2021 1,433 kt +0.2%
2022 1,437 kt +0.3%
2023 1,440 kt +0.3%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 1,440 kt is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,426 kt, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 1,440 kt is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 901.21 kt, 1.6× the median. (35 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1,345 kt 1,309 kt 1,374 kt 10
2000s 1,391 kt 1,377 kt 1,405 kt 10
2010s 1,419 kt 1,407 kt 1,430 kt 10
2020s 1,435 kt 1,430 kt 1,440 kt 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 65 Belarus 1,558 kt compare
  2. 66 Mozambique 1,528 kt compare
  3. 67 Kuwait 1,494 kt compare
  4. 69 Angola 1,436 kt compare
  5. 70 Serbia 1,426 kt compare
  6. 71 Czechia 1,358 kt compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in El Salvador?
Solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) in El Salvador was 1,440 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1,440 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 1,309 kt in 1990.
How does El Salvador rank for solid food waste — emissions (co2eq)?
El Salvador ranks 68th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
Is solid food waste — emissions (co2eq) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Solid Food Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5)
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.