El Salvador vs Equatorial Guinea: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea
1.04
in 2023
El Salvador rank
24th
Equatorial Guinea rank
21st
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 1.04 against 0.921 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.119.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
El Salvador ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st of 163 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8429 | 0.7337 | 0.1092 | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 0.6381 | 0.9083 | 0.2702 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.6794 | 0.549 | 0.1304 | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.7137 | 0.4946 | 0.2191 | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.798 | 0.9342 | 0.1363 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.8614 | 1.11 | 0.2515 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.9011 | 1.04 | 0.1367 | Equatorial Guinea |
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, El Salvador or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 1.04 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 El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.119, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- El Salvador ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 21st 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).