Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador

El Salvador: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador, 1961–2023

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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.

Analysis

In 2023, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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.

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

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Frequently asked questions

What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador?
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador was 0.921 in 2023, according to 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.
What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5744 in 1975.
How does El Salvador rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
El Salvador ranks 24th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops 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 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 part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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
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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).