El Salvador vs Malaysia: Oil consumption, per square kilometre

El Salvador
0.0017 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
Malaysia
0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
48th
Malaysia rank
51st

Oil consumption, per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.0017 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 48th and Malaysia ranks 51st of 205 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Malaysia Difference Ahead
1980s 0.0004 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0003 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 0.0008 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0006 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 0.0012 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0001 terawatt-hours per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0013 terawatt-hours per square kilometre 0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher oil consumption, per square kilometre, El Salvador or Malaysia?
El Salvador, at 0.0017 terawatt-hours per square kilometre against 0.0015 terawatt-hours per square kilometre in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in oil consumption, per square kilometre between El Salvador and Malaysia?
0.0002 terawatt-hours per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Malaysia?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Malaysia rank globally for oil consumption, per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 48th and Malaysia ranks 51st of 205 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Oil consumption, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Oil 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, 9,412 data points, 1965–2023
Last refreshed

Oil 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.