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

El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Sierra Leone
0.8698
in 2023
El Salvador rank
24th
Sierra Leone rank
25th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Sierra Leone
00.511.5196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.921 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0512.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

El Salvador ranks 24th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8429 0.9026 0.0597 Sierra Leone
1970s 0.6381 0.8506 0.2125 Sierra Leone
1980s 0.6794 0.8263 0.1469 Sierra Leone
1990s 0.7137 0.8116 0.0979 Sierra Leone
2000s 0.798 1.23 0.433 Sierra Leone
2010s 0.8614 1.01 0.1438 Sierra Leone
2020s 0.9011 0.8695 0.0316 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, El Salvador or Sierra Leone?
El Salvador, at 0.921 against 0.8698 in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
0.0512, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sierra Leone?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sierra Leone rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
El Salvador ranks 24th and Sierra Leone ranks 25th 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).