El Salvador vs Papua New Guinea: Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions

El Salvador
24,484 tonnes
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
26,406 tonnes
in 2022
El Salvador rank
112th
Papua New Guinea rank
110th

Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions over time

  • El Salvador
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 26,406 tonnes against 24,484 tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 1,922 tonnes.

That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

El Salvador ranks 112th and Papua New Guinea ranks 110th of 220 countries.

Across the 28 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 9 and Papua New Guinea in 19.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1750s 24.74 tonnes 42.69 tonnes 17.95 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1760s 25.76 tonnes 43.48 tonnes 17.72 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1770s 28.41 tonnes 44.28 tonnes 15.87 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1780s 32.77 tonnes 45.1 tonnes 12.32 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1790s 37.04 tonnes 45.93 tonnes 8.89 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1800s 41.2 tonnes 46.77 tonnes 5.57 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1810s 45.23 tonnes 49.09 tonnes 3.85 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1820s 50.51 tonnes 53.35 tonnes 2.84 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1830s 57.26 tonnes 57.98 tonnes 0.7152 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1840s 63.75 tonnes 63.01 tonnes 0.7465 tonnes El Salvador
1850s 72.11 tonnes 78.82 tonnes 6.72 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1860s 84.36 tonnes 110.39 tonnes 26.03 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1870s 99.25 tonnes 147.04 tonnes 47.79 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1880s 116.94 tonnes 196.76 tonnes 79.82 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1890s 138.71 tonnes 246.54 tonnes 107.83 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1900s 173.05 tonnes 271.24 tonnes 98.19 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1910s 219.84 tonnes 293.48 tonnes 73.63 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1920s 262.95 tonnes 274.76 tonnes 11.81 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1930s 286.77 tonnes 240.93 tonnes 45.85 tonnes El Salvador
1940s 299.64 tonnes 196.2 tonnes 103.44 tonnes El Salvador
1950s 3,698 tonnes 873.9 tonnes 2,824 tonnes El Salvador
1960s 7,820 tonnes 2,268 tonnes 5,552 tonnes El Salvador
1970s 14,248 tonnes 10,342 tonnes 3,906 tonnes El Salvador
1980s 11,288 tonnes 12,924 tonnes 1,635 tonnes Papua New Guinea
1990s 25,805 tonnes 13,558 tonnes 12,247 tonnes El Salvador
2000s 43,529 tonnes 25,667 tonnes 17,862 tonnes El Salvador
2010s 36,384 tonnes 26,437 tonnes 9,947 tonnes El Salvador
2020s 24,118 tonnes 25,814 tonnes 1,696 tonnes Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions, El Salvador or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 26,406 tonnes against 24,484 tonnes in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions between El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
1,922 tonnes, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Papua New Guinea?
273 years are reported by both, from 1750 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions?
El Salvador ranks 112th and Papua New Guinea ranks 110th of 220 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
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Sulfur dioxide (SO₂) is an air pollutant formed from the burning of fuels that contain sulfur, such as coal. SO₂ is one of the main chemicals that forms acid rain.