El Salvador vs Yemen: Carbon intensity of GDP

El Salvador
0.329 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2024
Yemen
0.326 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
in 2018
El Salvador rank
84th
Yemen rank
87th

Carbon intensity of GDP over time

  • El Salvador
  • Yemen
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.329 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.326 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Yemen, a difference of 0.003 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Yemen ahead.

El Salvador ranks 84th and Yemen ranks 87th of 199 countries.

Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Yemen Difference Ahead
1990s 0.2938 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.3382 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0445 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Yemen
2000s 0.3546 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.4224 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0678 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Yemen
2010s 0.3035 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.378 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP 0.0745 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon intensity of gdp, El Salvador or Yemen?
El Salvador, at 0.329 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP against 0.326 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP in Yemen as of 2024.
What is the difference in carbon intensity of gdp between El Salvador and Yemen?
0.003 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Yemen?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2018.
How do El Salvador and Yemen rank globally for carbon intensity of gdp?
El Salvador ranks 84th and Yemen ranks 87th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Carbon intensity of GDP (kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP)
Unit
kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 12,443 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF divided by the GDP in constant 2021 US$.