Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador
El Salvador: Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre was 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador is 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and up 92.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 6.6 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0963 1000 USD per square kilometre, in 1971.
That places El Salvador 19th out of 180 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2043 1000 USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1712 1000 USD per square kilometre | -16.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2427 1000 USD per square kilometre | +41.7% |
| 1964 | 0.3535 1000 USD per square kilometre | +45.7% |
| 1965 | 0.2523 1000 USD per square kilometre | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 0.3075 1000 USD per square kilometre | +21.9% |
| 1967 | 0.3658 1000 USD per square kilometre | +19.0% |
| 1968 | 0.1959 1000 USD per square kilometre | -46.5% |
| 1969 | 0.3925 1000 USD per square kilometre | +100.4% |
| 1970 | 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | +159.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0963 1000 USD per square kilometre | -90.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1139 1000 USD per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2133 1000 USD per square kilometre | +87.3% |
| 1974 | 0.3339 1000 USD per square kilometre | +56.5% |
| 1975 | 0.3407 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3959 1000 USD per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 1977 | 0.6941 1000 USD per square kilometre | +75.3% |
| 1978 | 0.7125 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.8427 1000 USD per square kilometre | +18.3% |
| 1980 | 0.5229 1000 USD per square kilometre | -37.9% |
| 1981 | 0.7528 1000 USD per square kilometre | +44.0% |
| 1982 | 0.7631 1000 USD per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 0.5496 1000 USD per square kilometre | -28.0% |
| 1984 | 0.6513 1000 USD per square kilometre | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 1.24 1000 USD per square kilometre | +89.7% |
| 1986 | 0.4416 1000 USD per square kilometre | -64.3% |
| 1987 | 0.3306 1000 USD per square kilometre | -25.1% |
| 1988 | 0.5792 1000 USD per square kilometre | +75.2% |
| 1989 | 0.676 1000 USD per square kilometre | +16.7% |
| 1990 | 0.3265 1000 USD per square kilometre | -51.7% |
| 1991 | 0.268 1000 USD per square kilometre | -17.9% |
| 1992 | 0.5228 1000 USD per square kilometre | +95.0% |
| 1993 | 0.574 1000 USD per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6871 1000 USD per square kilometre | +19.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8594 1000 USD per square kilometre | +25.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8172 1000 USD per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 0.8976 1000 USD per square kilometre | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 0.9195 1000 USD per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9716 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 1.11 1000 USD per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 2001 | 1.19 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 1.2 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.3 1000 USD per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 2004 | 1.42 1000 USD per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 1.71 1000 USD per square kilometre | +20.8% |
| 2006 | 1.86 1000 USD per square kilometre | +8.6% |
| 2007 | 1.83 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 2.2 1000 USD per square kilometre | +20.5% |
| 2009 | 2.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 2.33 1000 USD per square kilometre | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 2.5 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 2.82 1000 USD per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 2013 | 2.81 1000 USD per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 2.86 1000 USD per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 2.68 1000 USD per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 2.7 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 2.61 1000 USD per square kilometre | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 3.04 1000 USD per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 3.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 4.28 1000 USD per square kilometre | +41.7% |
| 2021 | 4.52 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 6.6 1000 USD per square kilometre | +46.2% |
| 2023 | 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre | -18.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6547 1000 USD per square kilometre, 8.3× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.3 1000 USD per square kilometre, 4.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +159.6% | 0.3925 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2762 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.1712 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.3925 1000 USD per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4762 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0963 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6502 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.3306 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.24 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6844 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.268 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.9716 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.58 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.11 1000 USD per square kilometre | 2.2 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.74 1000 USD per square kilometre | 2.33 1000 USD per square kilometre | 3.04 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2 1000 USD per square kilometre | 4.28 1000 USD per square kilometre | 6.6 1000 USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 16 Saint Lucia 6.15 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 17 Grenada 5.75 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 18 Hungary 5.47 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 20 Palestine 5.37 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 21 Germany 5.1 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 22 Israel 4.83 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.9805 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador?
- Pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in El Salvador was 5.4 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0963 1000 USD per square kilometre in 1971.
- How does El Salvador rank for pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 19th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Pesticides (total) — Import value 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.
Pesticides (total) — Import value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Pesticides (total) — Import value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pesticides (total) — Import value 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.