What is the highest land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?

The highest recorded value was 0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 2004.

What is the lowest land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 1970.

How does El Salvador rank for land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre?

El Salvador ranks 18th out of 177 countries with data for 2023.

Is land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?

Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this El Salvador data come from?

The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador

Name: Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador
Creator: Statizoid (derived)
License: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page

El Salvador: Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre was 0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)

0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

18th

of 177 countries

All-time high

0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre

in 2004

All-time low

0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre

in 1970

Years of data

1961–2023

Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961–2023

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per square kilometre.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre for land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre in 2023.

That represents a change of up 0.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre, in 1970.

El Salvador ranks 18th of 177 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961 to 2023.
Year	Square kilometres per square kilometre	Change
1961	0.3108 Square kilometres per square kilometre	—
1962	0.3108 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
1963	0.3132 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.8%
1964	0.3118 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.5%
1965	0.3098 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.6%
1966	0.307 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.9%
1967	0.3046 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.8%
1968	0.3017 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.9%
1969	0.3007 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.3%
1970	0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.3%
1971	0.3204 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+6.9%
1972	0.3218 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.4%
1973	0.3252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.0%
1974	0.33 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.5%
1975	0.3348 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.5%
1976	0.333 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.5%
1977	0.3374 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.3%
1978	0.3571 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+5.9%
1979	0.3813 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+6.8%
1980	0.3861 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.3%
1981	0.3668 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-5.0%
1982	0.3528 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-3.8%
1983	0.3509 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.5%
1984	0.3557 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.4%
1985	0.3653 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+2.7%
1986	0.375 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+2.6%
1987	0.375 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
1988	0.3847 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+2.6%
1989	0.3847 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
1990	0.3909 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+1.6%
1991	0.3996 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+2.2%
1992	0.4107 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+2.8%
1993	0.4107 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
1994	0.4122 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.4%
1995	0.4126 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
1996	0.3938 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-4.6%
1997	0.3938 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
1998	0.4102 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+4.2%
1999	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+3.6%
2000	0.4233 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.4%
2001	0.4214 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.4%
2002	0.4171 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-1.0%
2003	0.4153 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-0.5%
2004	0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+3.6%
2005	0.4028 Square kilometres per square kilometre	-6.4%
2006	0.4044 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.4%
2007	0.4187 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+3.5%
2008	0.4193 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2009	0.4199 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2010	0.4206 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2011	0.4212 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2012	0.4218 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2013	0.4224 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2014	0.4231 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2015	0.4237 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2016	0.4243 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2017	0.425 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2018	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.1%
2019	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
2020	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
2021	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
2022	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%
2023	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	+0.0%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

El Salvador's 0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1526 Square kilometres per square kilometre, 2.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
El Salvador's 0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1136 Square kilometres per square kilometre, 3.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.3078 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3007 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3132 Square kilometres per square kilometre	9
1970s	0.3341 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3813 Square kilometres per square kilometre	10
1980s	0.3697 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3509 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3861 Square kilometres per square kilometre	10
1990s	0.406 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.3909 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	10
2000s	0.4173 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4028 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre	10
2010s	0.4232 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4206 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	10
2020s	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre	4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

15 Gambia 0.4417 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare
16 Sao Tome and Principe 0.4375 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare
17 Tonga 0.4306 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare
19 Thailand 0.4223 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare
20 Kiribati 0.4198 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare
21 Sri Lanka 0.415 Square kilometres per square kilometre compare

See the full ranking of 177 places →

More environment data for El Salvador

Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador?: Land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre in El Salvador was 0.4252 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?: The highest recorded value was 0.4303 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 2004.
What is the lowest land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2998 Square kilometres per square kilometre in 1970.
How does El Salvador rank for land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre?: El Salvador ranks 18th out of 177 countries with data for 2023.
Is land use hidden — cropland, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?: Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?: The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Land use hidden — Cropland ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Land use hidden — Cropland Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Indicator: Land use hidden — Cropland, per square kilometre
Unit: Square kilometres per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 177 places, 10,465 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 25 September 2026

Land use hidden — Cropland divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.