Austria vs El Salvador: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

Austria
0.8307
in 2017
El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Austria rank
27th
El Salvador rank
24th

Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time

  • Austria
  • El Salvador
00.511.5196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.921 against 0.8307 in Austria, a difference of 0.0903.

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

Austria ranks 27th and El Salvador ranks 24th of 163 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9849 0.8429 0.142 Austria
1970s 0.9231 0.6381 0.285 Austria
1980s 0.8427 0.6794 0.1633 Austria
1990s 0.8423 0.7137 0.1286 Austria
2000s 0.7612 0.798 0.0367 El Salvador
2010s 0.8111 0.8546 0.0435 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops, Austria or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 0.921 against 0.8307 in Austria as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Austria and El Salvador?
0.0903, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and El Salvador?
57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
How do Austria and El Salvador rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
Austria ranks 27th and El Salvador ranks 24th of 163 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).