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
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador, 1961–2023
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
- 21 Equatorial Guinea 1.04 compare
- 22 Japan 0.9926 compare
- 23 Cape Verde 0.9671 compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 0.8698 compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 0.8616 compare
- 27 Austria 0.8307 compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.9422 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.37 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2746 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.03 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.22 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 129.31 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
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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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).