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
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.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in El Salvador, year by year
| 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
| 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
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
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).