Cape Verde vs El Salvador: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
Cape Verde
0.9671
in 2023
El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Cape Verde rank
23rd
El Salvador rank
24th
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- Cape Verde
- El Salvador
How they compare
Cape Verde currently reports 0.9671 against 0.921 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0461.
That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
Cape Verde ranks 23rd and El Salvador ranks 24th of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 4 and El Salvador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cape Verde | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8999 | 0.8429 | 0.0571 | Cape Verde |
| 1970s | 1.53 | 0.6381 | 0.8926 | Cape Verde |
| 1980s | 0.9703 | 0.6794 | 0.2909 | Cape Verde |
| 1990s | 0.9103 | 0.7137 | 0.1965 | Cape Verde |
| 2000s | 0.5949 | 0.798 | 0.2031 | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.6305 | 0.8614 | 0.2309 | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.8883 | 0.9011 | 0.0128 | 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, Cape Verde or El Salvador?
- Cape Verde, at 0.9671 against 0.921 in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between Cape Verde and El Salvador?
- 0.0461, with Cape Verde ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and El Salvador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Cape Verde and El Salvador rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Cape Verde ranks 23rd 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
Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).