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