El Salvador vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Cropland — Share in Land area

El Salvador
42.07 %
in 2024
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
11.17 %
in 2024
El Salvador rank
21st
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank
18th

Cropland — Share in Land area over time

  • El Salvador
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
10203040196119922024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 42.07 % against 11.17 % in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), a difference of 30.9 %.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 3.8 times Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)'s.

Across all 64 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 21st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 18th of 217 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 30.78 % 6.16 % 24.62 % El Salvador
1970s 33.41 % 6.55 % 26.85 % El Salvador
1980s 36.97 % 6.94 % 30.03 % El Salvador
1990s 40.58 % 7.68 % 32.9 % El Salvador
2000s 41.71 % 8.64 % 33.07 % El Salvador
2010s 42.33 % 10.24 % 32.09 % El Salvador
2020s 42.36 % 11.06 % 31.3 % El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland — share in land area, El Salvador or Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
El Salvador, at 42.07 % against 11.17 % in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) as of 2024.
What is the difference in cropland — share in land area between El Salvador and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
30.9 %, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank globally for cropland — share in land area?
El Salvador ranks 21st and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 18th of 217 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cropland — Share in Land area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cropland — Share in Land area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 15,866 data points, 1961–2024
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.