El Salvador vs Portugal: Fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
66th
Portugal rank
69th

Fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Portugal
00.0010.0020.003196519942023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in Portugal, a difference of 0.0001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Portugal ahead.

El Salvador ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 69th of 205 countries.

Portugal has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Portugal Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0014 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Portugal
1990s 0.0008 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0023 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Portugal
2000s 0.0012 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0028 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Portugal
2010s 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0024 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Portugal
2020s 0.0016 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Portugal?
El Salvador, at 0.002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0019 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Portugal?
0.0001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Portugal?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Portugal rank globally for fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 66th and Portugal ranks 69th of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fossil fuel consumption, per square kilometre
Unit
terawatt-hours per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
205 places, 9,414 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

Fossil fuel consumption divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.