El Salvador vs Rwanda: Forest land — Area

El Salvador
684.84 1000 ha
in 2025
Rwanda
634.63 1000 ha
in 2025
El Salvador rank
141st
Rwanda rank
144th

Forest land — Area over time

  • El Salvador
  • Rwanda
0200400600800199020072025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 684.84 1000 ha against 634.63 1000 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 50.21 1000 ha.

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

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

El Salvador ranks 141st and Rwanda ranks 144th of 231 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Rwanda Difference Ahead
1990s 722.14 1000 ha 424.42 1000 ha 297.72 1000 ha El Salvador
2000s 692.44 1000 ha 412.39 1000 ha 280.06 1000 ha El Salvador
2010s 677.21 1000 ha 481.75 1000 ha 195.46 1000 ha El Salvador
2020s 682.75 1000 ha 598.23 1000 ha 84.52 1000 ha El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, El Salvador or Rwanda?
El Salvador, at 684.84 1000 ha against 634.63 1000 ha in Rwanda as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between El Salvador and Rwanda?
50.21 1000 ha, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Rwanda?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Rwanda rank globally for forest land — area?
El Salvador ranks 141st and Rwanda ranks 144th 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.