Costa Rica vs El Salvador: Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF over time
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 17.08 Mt CO2e against 14.75 Mt CO2e in El Salvador, a difference of 2.33 Mt CO2e.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 128th and El Salvador ranks 129th of 203 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7.32 Mt CO2e | 6.11 Mt CO2e | 1.21 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 8.89 Mt CO2e | 6.18 Mt CO2e | 2.71 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 10.87 Mt CO2e | 9.32 Mt CO2e | 1.55 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 12.38 Mt CO2e | 11.76 Mt CO2e | 0.6211 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 14.9 Mt CO2e | 11.82 Mt CO2e | 3.07 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 15.85 Mt CO2e | 13.4 Mt CO2e | 2.46 Mt CO2e | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf, Costa Rica or El Salvador?
- Costa Rica, at 17.08 Mt CO2e against 14.75 Mt CO2e in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf between Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 2.33 Mt CO2e, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and El Salvador?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and El Salvador rank globally for total greenhouse gas emissions excluding lulucf?
- Costa Rica ranks 128th and El Salvador ranks 129th of 203 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 Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of the six greenhouse gases (GHG) covered by the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF6)) from the energy, industry, waste, and agriculture sectors, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).