El Salvador Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
14.751.635
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2,58%
increase
Global Share
0,03%
Per Capita
2,23
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in El Salvador were 14.751.635 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 2,58% over the previous year, representing an increase by 371.503 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 14.380.132 tons.
- Per capita: 2,23 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- El Salvador accounts for 0,03% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 14.751.635 | 9.543.361 | 3.790.061 | 949.628 | 468.584 | 2,23 | 2,58% | 0,028% |
| 2023 | 14.380.132 | 9.236.514 | 3.753.344 | 952.056 | 438.218 | 2,19 | 5,72% | 0,027% |
| 2022 | 13.602.655 | 8.465.774 | 3.768.728 | 960.418 | 407.734 | 2,08 | 7,98% | 0,026% |
| 2021 | 12.596.884 | 7.532.033 | 3.705.720 | 981.646 | 377.485 | 1,93 | 8,16% | 0,025% |
| 2020 | 11.646.113 | 6.653.461 | 3.560.184 | 1.086.045 | 346.423 | 1,8 | −8,78% | 0,024% |
| 2019 | 12.766.894 | 8.106.776 | 3.375.185 | 968.650 | 316.283 | 1,98 | 8,75% | 0,025% |
| 2018 | 11.739.763 | 7.102.221 | 3.366.731 | 984.072 | 286.740 | 1,83 | 2,79% | 0,023% |
| 2017 | 11.421.447 | 6.632.138 | 3.495.562 | 1.040.509 | 253.237 | 1,79 | −5,37% | 0,023% |
| 2016 | 12.069.587 | 7.328.269 | 3.517.330 | 998.125 | 225.862 | 1,9 | −0,34% | 0,025% |
| 2015 | 12.111.366 | 7.264.855 | 3.644.636 | 1.003.766 | 198.109 | 1,92 | 4,27% | 0,025% |
| 2014 | 11.615.023 | 6.814.472 | 3.657.016 | 964.156 | 179.379 | 1,85 | 4,37% | 0,024% |
| 2013 | 11.129.054 | 6.634.973 | 3.380.752 | 948.671 | 164.658 | 1,78 | −6,8% | 0,023% |
| 2012 | 11.940.837 | 6.997.714 | 3.733.778 | 1.049.109 | 160.236 | 1,92 | 2,27% | 0,025% |
| 2011 | 11.676.310 | 7.023.349 | 3.526.046 | 969.752 | 157.162 | 1,89 | −0,7% | 0,025% |
| 2010 | 11.758.209 | 6.724.741 | 3.803.821 | 1.073.554 | 156.093 | 1,91 | −2,83% | 0,026% |
| 2009 | 12.101.256 | 6.898.492 | 3.941.256 | 1.104.498 | 157.010 | 1,97 | −2,24% | 0,028% |
| 2008 | 12.378.615 | 7.090.537 | 4.004.501 | 1.131.653 | 151.924 | 2,03 | −3,97% | 0,028% |
| 2007 | 12.890.249 | 7.778.588 | 3.899.380 | 1.064.476 | 147.804 | 2,12 | 1,99% | 0,030% |
| 2006 | 12.638.641 | 7.389.082 | 4.027.787 | 1.075.338 | 146.433 | 2,09 | 4,04% | 0,030% |
| 2005 | 12.147.883 | 7.032.621 | 3.895.737 | 1.068.216 | 151.309 | 2,01 | 2,3% | 0,030% |
| 2004 | 11.875.006 | 6.829.273 | 3.864.310 | 1.051.944 | 129.480 | 1,98 | 3,57% | 0,030% |
| 2003 | 11.465.208 | 6.579.481 | 3.800.382 | 973.613 | 111.732 | 1,92 | 4,19% | 0,030% |
| 2002 | 11.004.500 | 6.053.942 | 3.847.071 | 1.008.592 | 94.895 | 1,85 | 1,49% | 0,030% |
| 2001 | 10.842.485 | 6.036.319 | 3.695.793 | 1.029.972 | 80.402 | 1,84 | 5,58% | 0,030% |
| 2000 | 10.269.869 | 5.798.780 | 3.422.850 | 984.336 | 63.903 | 1,75 | −4,66% | 0,029% |
| 1999 | 10.771.343 | 5.826.292 | 3.800.600 | 1.108.739 | 35.712 | 1,85 | 1,05% | 0,031% |
| 1998 | 10.659.664 | 5.867.899 | 3.710.970 | 1.055.424 | 25.371 | 1,84 | −0,75% | 0,031% |
| 1997 | 10.740.428 | 5.602.230 | 3.964.601 | 1.155.424 | 18.173 | 1,88 | 11,82% | 0,031% |
| 1996 | 9.605.357 | 4.569.837 | 3.912.935 | 1.110.540 | 12.045 | 1,69 | −0,57% | 0,028% |
| 1995 | 9.660.783 | 5.133.304 | 3.572.556 | 949.112 | 5.811 | 1,72 | 1,95% | 0,029% |
| 1994 | 9.476.028 | 4.693.236 | 3.767.750 | 1.011.637 | 3.405 | 1,71 | 8,46% | 0,029% |
| 1993 | 8.736.660 | 4.045.688 | 3.647.550 | 1.041.949 | 1.474 | 1,6 | 2,94% | 0,027% |
| 1992 | 8.486.967 | 3.724.880 | 3.704.525 | 1.056.644 | 918 | 1,57 | 6,75% | 0,026% |
| 1991 | 7.950.553 | 3.309.321 | 3.601.433 | 1.039.218 | 581 | 1,49 | 12,24% | 0,025% |
| 1990 | 7.083.398 | 2.594.645 | 3.492.969 | 995.679 | 105 | 1,35 | 4,43% | 0,022% |
| 1989 | 6.783.098 | 2.433.777 | 3.370.250 | 979.061 | 11 | 1,31 | 0,45% | 0,021% |
| 1988 | 6.752.947 | 2.439.854 | 3.276.245 | 1.036.839 | 9 | 1,32 | 1% | 0,022% |
| 1987 | 6.686.180 | 2.466.468 | 3.203.525 | 1.016.179 | 8 | 1,32 | 10,07% | 0,022% |
| 1986 | 6.074.746 | 2.063.127 | 3.112.971 | 898.640 | 8 | 1,22 | −0,6% | 0,020% |
| 1985 | 6.111.501 | 2.080.245 | 3.072.703 | 958.552 | 2 | 1,24 | 7,73% | 0,021% |
| 1984 | 5.672.782 | 1.902.682 | 2.951.672 | 818.425 | 3 | 1,17 | −1,54% | 0,020% |
| 1983 | 5.761.627 | 1.947.928 | 2.898.968 | 914.728 | 2 | 1,2 | 2,23% | 0,021% |
| 1982 | 5.636.200 | 1.884.505 | 2.911.815 | 839.878 | 2 | 1,19 | −7,95% | 0,020% |
| 1981 | 6.122.947 | 2.017.505 | 3.105.901 | 999.539 | 3 | 1,32 | −1,65% | 0,022% |
| 1980 | 6.225.496 | 2.022.173 | 3.257.941 | 945.381 | 0 | 1,36 | −10,74% | 0,022% |
| 1979 | 6.974.497 | 2.402.666 | 3.523.580 | 1.048.251 | 0 | 1,55 | −3,11% | 0,024% |
| 1978 | 7.198.615 | 2.578.781 | 3.419.298 | 1.200.536 | 0 | 1,63 | 5,62% | 0,026% |
| 1977 | 6.815.550 | 2.417.841 | 3.268.605 | 1.129.103 | 0 | 1,57 | 6,67% | 0,025% |
| 1976 | 6.389.415 | 2.349.529 | 2.986.374 | 1.053.512 | 0 | 1,51 | 4,92% | 0,024% |
| 1975 | 6.090.052 | 2.311.954 | 2.818.163 | 959.935 | 0 | 1,47 | 5,78% | 0,024% |
| 1974 | 5.757.030 | 2.058.490 | 2.757.904 | 940.636 | 0 | 1,42 | 2,38% | 0,023% |
| 1973 | 5.623.471 | 2.021.675 | 2.653.319 | 948.477 | 0 | 1,42 | 0,04% | 0,022% |
| 1972 | 5.621.131 | 1.854.854 | 2.794.611 | 971.666 | 0 | 1,46 | 7,16% | 0,023% |
| 1971 | 5.245.584 | 1.611.519 | 2.683.568 | 950.497 | 0 | 1,39 | −2,41% | 0,023% |
| 1970 | 5.375.271 | 1.602.293 | 2.789.313 | 983.665 | 0 | 1,47 | – | 0,023% |
See also
- El Salvador CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of El Salvador
Sources
- Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
- CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).