El Salvador vs Japan: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops
El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Japan
0.9926
in 2023
El Salvador rank
24th
Japan rank
22nd
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops over time
- El Salvador
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.9926 against 0.921 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0716.
That makes Japan'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 Japan ahead.
El Salvador ranks 24th and Japan ranks 22nd of 163 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8429 | 0.9024 | 0.0595 | Japan |
| 1970s | 0.6381 | 0.8304 | 0.1923 | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.6794 | 0.8535 | 0.1741 | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7137 | 0.8795 | 0.1658 | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.798 | 0.9184 | 0.1205 | Japan |
| 2010s | 0.8614 | 0.9656 | 0.1042 | Japan |
| 2020s | 0.9011 | 0.9808 | 0.0796 | Japan |
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 Japan?
- Japan, at 0.9926 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 Japan?
- 0.0716, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Japan?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Japan rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- El Salvador ranks 24th and Japan ranks 22nd 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).