River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador
El Salvador: River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding was 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022. ▲ Rising
River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador, 2000–2022
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of agricultural land area.
Analysis
In 2022, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador stood at 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador peaked at 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.04 Percentage of agricultural land area, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 36th of 204 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.34 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.04 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.57 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.63 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.59 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.65 Percentage of agricultural land area | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.65 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.64 Percentage of agricultural land area | 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area | 3 |
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- 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)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.89 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.19 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 19.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador?
- River flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding in El Salvador was 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6.66 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2022.
- What is the lowest river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.04 Percentage of agricultural land area in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding?
- El Salvador ranks 36th out of 204 countries with data for 2022.
- Is river flooding exposure — cropland share exposed to river flooding 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 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of River flooding exposure — Cropland share exposed to river flooding. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset provides a global assessment of land, population, built-up area and cropland exposure to river flooding for different return periods. Exposure indicators to river flooding have been prepared by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Please see the working paper for a more complete description of the methods. The datasets span the period 2000-2020 depending on data availability and is based on river flood hazard maps with a 10-, 20-, 50- and 100-year return period. A return period is the average or estimated time that a specific hazard is likely to recur. The dataset has a global coverage on a national level; on the sub-national TL2 level (i.e. large subnational regions) results are reported for all OECD countries as well as for Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia and South Africa. A number of aggregates are included: Euro area, European Union, Advanced economies, Emerging market economies, G7, G20, OECD, OECD Europe, OECD Asia Oceania, OECD Americas and the LAC region. Data source(s): JRC River flood hazard map data, Copernicus Climate Change Initiative land cover data and Global Human Settlement Layer population grid data. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org