CO₂ emissions per capita: El Salvador
1.4155904 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 155 years from 1870 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.4155904 |
| 2023 | 1.3740716 |
| 2022 | 1.2599217 |
| 2021 | 1.1152391 |
| 2020 | 0.98398876 |
| 2019 | 1.2268993 |
| 2018 | 1.0373579 |
| 2017 | 0.9562393 |
| 2016 | 1.0598669 |
| 2015 | 1.0733306 |
| 2014 | 0.99306273 |
| 2013 | 0.98683953 |
| 2012 | 1.0527395 |
| 2011 | 1.0618316 |
| 2010 | 1.0360224 |
| 2009 | 1.0387776 |
| 2008 | 1.057286 |
| 2007 | 1.134631 |
| 2006 | 1.1144657 |
| 2005 | 1.0426328 |
| 2004 | 1.035191 |
| 2003 | 1.0662569 |
| 2002 | 1.0081846 |
| 2001 | 0.9767586 |
| 2000 | 0.95025206 |
| 1999 | 0.9413256 |
| 1998 | 0.97116596 |
| 1997 | 0.9236263 |
| 1996 | 0.7578753 |
| 1995 | 0.8652779 |
| 1994 | 0.78788036 |
| 1993 | 0.70074534 |
| 1992 | 0.5931054 |
| 1991 | 0.57313424 |
| 1990 | 0.45763046 |
| 1989 | 0.4800117 |
| 1988 | 0.4676244 |
| 1987 | 0.4735354 |
| 1986 | 0.3936655 |
| 1985 | 0.40114322 |
| 1984 | 0.33072427 |
| 1983 | 0.4002075 |
| 1982 | 0.37877542 |
| 1981 | 0.397671 |
| 1980 | 0.4665582 |
| 1979 | 0.5302542 |
| 1978 | 0.54181534 |
| 1977 | 0.53039724 |
| 1976 | 0.5240939 |
| 1975 | 0.51097876 |
| 1974 | 0.48888385 |
| 1973 | 0.499378 |
| 1972 | 0.43600026 |
| 1971 | 0.40154693 |
| 1970 | 0.3893116 |
| 1969 | 0.33279434 |
| 1968 | 0.36192858 |
| 1967 | 0.3418592 |
| 1966 | 0.39618173 |
| 1965 | 0.32513127 |
| 1964 | 0.39549786 |
| 1963 | 0.37129104 |
| 1962 | 0.21980828 |
| 1961 | 0.20288311 |
| 1960 | 0.2216982 |
| 1959 | 0.22234567 |
| 1958 | 0.22534895 |
| 1957 | 0.23112169 |
| 1956 | 0.2094168 |
| 1955 | 0.18814352 |
| 1954 | 0.19582315 |
| 1953 | 0.1784515 |
| 1952 | 0.16991818 |
| 1951 | 0.14458807 |
| 1950 | 0.12267113 |
| 1949 | 0.00017893311 |
| 1948 | 0.00036642846 |
| 1947 | 0.00018570102 |
| 1946 | 0.00018896055 |
| 1945 | 0.0001922773 |
| 1944 | 0.00019565232 |
| 1943 | 0.00039973672 |
| 1942 | 0.00020258105 |
| 1941 | 0.00020593735 |
| 1940 | 0.00020914248 |
| 1939 | 0.00042603514 |
| 1938 | 0.00021505158 |
| 1937 | 0.00021773342 |
| 1936 | 0.00022044875 |
| 1935 | 0.0008945443 |
| 1934 | 0.00022598135 |
| 1933 | 0.0052737687 |
| 1932 | 0.006267969 |
| 1931 | 0.00023492367 |
| 1930 | 0.00047913872 |
| 1929 | 0.00802904 |
| 1928 | 0.007440206 |
| 1927 | 0.00658369 |
| 1926 | 0.00030995754 |
| 1925 | 0.00026337252 |
| 1924 | 0.00019709828 |
| 1923 | 0.00011067846 |
| 1922 | 0.00017096852 |
| 1921 | 0.00014610091 |
| 1920 | 0.006292946 |
| 1919 | 0.0047015417 |
| 1918 | 0.00021867343 |
| 1917 | 0.00015081579 |
| 1916 | 0.00026772488 |
| 1915 | 0.00025598516 |
| 1914 | 0.00017721488 |
| 1913 | 0.0036493416 |
| 1912 | 0.00042215415 |
| 1911 | 0.00035710345 |
| 1910 | 0.0002773445 |
| 1909 | 0.00001761056 |
| 1908 | 0.000038032176 |
| 1907 | 0.0005119091 |
| 1906 | 0.00054774777 |
| 1905 | 0.00005999629 |
| 1904 | 0.000025207082 |
| 1903 | 0.000036997175 |
| 1902 | 0.0003383272 |
| 1901 | 0.00031248463 |
| 1900 | 0.0000035739943 |
| 1899 | 0.002063574 |
| 1898 | 0.000015924776 |
| 1897 | 0.009643975 |
| 1896 | 0.0073691895 |
| 1895 | 0.0004986864 |
| 1894 | 0.000395331 |
| 1893 | 0.00048950023 |
| 1892 | 0.00026414165 |
| 1891 | 0.000030262243 |
| 1890 | 0.000010655173 |
| 1889 | 0 |
| 1888 | 0 |
| 1887 | 0.000057014207 |
| 1886 | 0.000057903715 |
| 1885 | 0.00003298948 |
| 1884 | 0.00005244167 |
| 1883 | 0.00002219181 |
| 1882 | 0.0000045076586 |
| 1881 | 0.000004585291 |
| 1880 | 0.00001557242 |
| 1879 | 0.00003337264 |
| 1878 | 0.0000162445 |
| 1877 | 0.000004989995 |
| 1876 | 0 |
| 1875 | 0 |
| 1874 | 0.0000053570566 |
| 1873 | 0 |
| 1872 | 0 |
| 1871 | 0 |
| 1870 | 0 |