Denmark vs El Salvador: Forest land — Area

Denmark
642.56 1000 ha
in 2025
El Salvador
684.84 1000 ha
in 2025
Denmark rank
143rd
El Salvador rank
141st

Forest land — Area over time

  • Denmark
  • El Salvador
0200400600800199020072025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 684.84 1000 ha against 642.56 1000 ha in Denmark, a difference of 42.28 1000 ha.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Denmark's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Denmark ranks 143rd and El Salvador ranks 141st of 231 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Denmark El Salvador Difference Ahead
1990s 549.51 1000 ha 722.14 1000 ha 172.63 1000 ha El Salvador
2000s 578.23 1000 ha 692.44 1000 ha 114.21 1000 ha El Salvador
2010s 614.57 1000 ha 677.21 1000 ha 62.64 1000 ha El Salvador
2020s 637.63 1000 ha 682.75 1000 ha 45.12 1000 ha El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, Denmark or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 684.84 1000 ha against 642.56 1000 ha in Denmark as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between Denmark and El Salvador?
42.28 1000 ha, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and El Salvador?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Denmark and El Salvador rank globally for forest land — area?
Denmark ranks 143rd and El Salvador ranks 141st of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,311 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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.