Arable land pin in El Salvador

El Salvador: Arable land pin was 0.921 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.921
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
24th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.5744
in 1975
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Arable land pin in El Salvador, 1961–2023

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Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land pin in El Salvador stood at 0.921.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land pin in El Salvador peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.5744, in 1975.

El Salvador ranks 24th of 163 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Arable land pin in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Arable land pin in El Salvador, 1961 to 2023.
Year Value Change
1961 1 —
1962 0.9711 -2.9%
1963 0.8602 -11.4%
1964 0.8357 -2.8%
1965 0.8073 -3.4%
1966 0.8018 -0.7%
1967 0.7718 -3.7%
1968 0.8057 +4.4%
1969 0.7323 -9.1%
1970 0.7154 -2.3%
1971 0.6946 -2.9%
1972 0.685 -1.4%
1973 0.6779 -1.0%
1974 0.6065 -10.5%
1975 0.5744 -5.3%
1976 0.6433 +12.0%
1977 0.5987 -6.9%
1978 0.5776 -3.5%
1979 0.6077 +5.2%
1980 0.638 +5.0%
1981 0.6472 +1.4%
1982 0.6271 -3.1%
1983 0.6094 -2.8%
1984 0.5941 -2.5%
1985 0.6438 +8.4%
1986 0.7106 +10.4%
1987 0.7341 +3.3%
1988 0.7916 +7.8%
1989 0.7985 +0.9%
1990 0.7231 -9.4%
1991 0.7128 -1.4%
1992 0.6508 -8.7%
1993 0.7285 +11.9%
1994 0.7379 +1.3%
1995 0.7206 -2.3%
1996 0.6762 -6.2%
1997 0.7087 +4.8%
1998 0.7618 +7.5%
1999 0.7168 -5.9%
2000 0.7939 +10.8%
2001 0.7975 +0.5%
2002 0.8683 +8.9%
2003 0.892 +2.7%
2004 0.8209 -8.0%
2005 0.8098 -1.3%
2006 0.7553 -6.7%
2007 0.7773 +2.9%
2008 0.7015 -9.7%
2009 0.7631 +8.8%
2010 0.8043 +5.4%
2011 0.8549 +6.3%
2012 0.7453 -12.8%
2013 0.859 +15.3%
2014 0.882 +2.7%
2015 0.9602 +8.9%
2016 0.8695 -9.4%
2017 0.8617 -0.9%
2018 0.9067 +5.2%
2019 0.8706 -4.0%
2020 0.9152 +5.1%
2021 0.8648 -5.5%
2022 0.9036 +4.5%
2023 0.921 +1.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.921 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 3.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.921 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.8429 0.7323 1 9
1970s 0.6381 0.5744 0.7154 10
1980s 0.6794 0.5941 0.7985 10
1990s 0.7137 0.6508 0.7618 10
2000s 0.798 0.7015 0.892 10
2010s 0.8614 0.7453 0.9602 10
2020s 0.9011 0.8648 0.921 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 21 Equatorial Guinea 1.04 compare
  2. 22 Japan 0.9926 compare
  3. 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
  4. 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
  5. 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
  6. 27 Austria 0.8307 compare

See the full ranking of 163 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land pin in El Salvador?
Arable land pin in El Salvador was 0.921 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest arable land pin recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land pin recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5744 in 1975.
How does El Salvador rank for arable land pin?
El Salvador ranks 24th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land pin rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land pin. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Arable land pin
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
163 places, 10,097 data points, 1961–2023
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