El Salvador vs Honduras
El Salvador vs Honduras: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 1.51 tonnes in El Salvador and 1.14 tonnes in Honduras, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in El Salvador, by 0.37 tonnes, or 1.33 times that in Honduras.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- El Salvador has been higher since 2014, when it overtook Honduras.
- In 2024, El Salvador ranked 125 and Honduras ranked 136 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | El Salvador | Honduras | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.51 | 1.14 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 1.46 | 1.11 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 1.35 | 1.01 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 1.01 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 1.07 | 0.91 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 1.3 | 1.02 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 1.14 | 0.92 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 1.07 | 0.97 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 1.18 | 1.03 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 1.18 | 1.17 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 1.11 | 1.1 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 1.15 | 1.14 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 1.11 | 0.95 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 1.14 | 1 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 1.18 | 1.08 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 1.29 | 1.11 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 1.23 | 1.06 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 1.17 | 0.95 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 1.1 | 0.97 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 1.01 | 0.9 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 1.01 | 0.87 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.98 | 0.76 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.99 | 0.75 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0.76 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.96 | 0.68 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.79 | 0.68 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.89 | 0.66 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.82 | 0.57 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.71 | 0.52 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.67 | 0.51 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.6 | 0.46 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.46 | 0.52 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.48 | 0.46 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.4 | 0.49 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.45 | 0.5 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.54 | 0.5 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.59 | 0.49 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.56 | 0.5 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.56 | 0.47 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.56 | 0.46 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.51 | 0.44 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.44 | 0.44 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
El Salvador vs Honduras
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Honduras: 72.9 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Honduras: 1.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Honduras: 13 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Honduras: 2.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Honduras: 4.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Honduras: 10.6 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Honduras: 1.7% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Honduras: 2.5 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Honduras: 59.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Honduras: 23.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Honduras: 4.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Honduras: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Honduras: 1.46% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEl Salvador: $489M in 2025Honduras: $582M in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Honduras: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Honduras: 5.7% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Honduras: 23,000 people in 2020
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Honduras: 0.06% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Honduras: 0.56% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Honduras: 7 million TIV in 2024