El Salvador vs Solomon Islands: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops

El Salvador
0.921
in 2023
Solomon Islands
0.8616
in 2023
El Salvador rank
24th
Solomon Islands rank
26th

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

  • El Salvador
  • Solomon Islands
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.921 against 0.8616 in Solomon Islands, a difference of 0.0594.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Solomon Islands's.

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

El Salvador ranks 24th and Solomon Islands ranks 26th of 163 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 5 and Solomon Islands in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Solomon Islands Difference Ahead
1960s 0.8429 0.9478 0.1049 Solomon Islands
1970s 0.6381 0.7827 0.1446 Solomon Islands
1980s 0.6794 0.6243 0.0551 El Salvador
1990s 0.7137 0.5336 0.1801 El Salvador
2000s 0.798 0.5878 0.2102 El Salvador
2010s 0.8614 0.8372 0.0242 El Salvador
2020s 0.9011 0.8536 0.0475 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 Solomon Islands?
El Salvador, at 0.921 against 0.8616 in Solomon Islands as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops between El Salvador and Solomon Islands?
0.0594, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Solomon Islands?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Solomon Islands rank globally for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
El Salvador ranks 24th and Solomon Islands ranks 26th 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).