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Agricultural land in El Salvador

Agricultural land in El Salvador was 57.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 47th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202457.3% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.1 pts
Rank47th of 224Countries ranked
Series high63.31980
Series low571970

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Agricultural land in El Salvador, 1961 to 2024

565860626419611971198119912001201120241961: 60.1 %1962: 60.1 %1963: 60 %1964: 59.7 %1965: 59.2 %1966: 58.7 %1967: 58.2 %1968: 57.7 %1969: 57.3 %1970: 57 %1971: 58.8 %1972: 58.7 %1973: 58.8 %1974: 59 %1975: 59.3 %1976: 59 %1977: 59.2 %1978: 60.9 %1979: 63.1 %1980: 63.3 %1981: 61.1 %1982: 59.5 %1983: 59.1 %1984: 59.3 %1985: 60 %1986: 60.7 %1987: 60.5 %1988: 61.2 %1989: 61 %1990: 61.3 %1991: 62 %1992: 62.8 %1993: 62.6 %1994: 62.5 %1995: 62.3 %1996: 60.1 %1997: 59.9 %1998: 61.3 %1999: 62.5 %2000: 62.1 %2001: 61.7 %2002: 61 %2003: 60.6 %2004: 61.8 %2005: 58.8 %2006: 58.7 %2007: 59.9 %2008: 59.7 %2009: 59.5 %2010: 59.4 %2011: 59.2 %2012: 59 %2013: 58.8 %2014: 58.6 %2015: 59 %2016: 58.6 %2017: 58.2 %2018: 57.7 %2019: 57.7 %2020: 57.7 %2021: 57.7 %2022: 57.7 %2023: 57.4 %2024: 57.3 %565860626419611983200520241961: 60.1 %1962: 60.1 %1963: 60 %1964: 59.7 %1965: 59.2 %1966: 58.7 %1967: 58.2 %1968: 57.7 %1969: 57.3 %1970: 57 %1971: 58.8 %1972: 58.7 %1973: 58.8 %1974: 59 %1975: 59.3 %1976: 59 %1977: 59.2 %1978: 60.9 %1979: 63.1 %1980: 63.3 %1981: 61.1 %1982: 59.5 %1983: 59.1 %1984: 59.3 %1985: 60 %1986: 60.7 %1987: 60.5 %1988: 61.2 %1989: 61 %1990: 61.3 %1991: 62 %1992: 62.8 %1993: 62.6 %1994: 62.5 %1995: 62.3 %1996: 60.1 %1997: 59.9 %1998: 61.3 %1999: 62.5 %2000: 62.1 %2001: 61.7 %2002: 61 %2003: 60.6 %2004: 61.8 %2005: 58.8 %2006: 58.7 %2007: 59.9 %2008: 59.7 %2009: 59.5 %2010: 59.4 %2011: 59.2 %2012: 59 %2013: 58.8 %2014: 58.6 %2015: 59 %2016: 58.6 %2017: 58.2 %2018: 57.7 %2019: 57.7 %2020: 57.7 %2021: 57.7 %2022: 57.7 %2023: 57.4 %2024: 57.3 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202457.3 Estimated
202357.4 Estimated
202257.7 Estimated
202157.7 Estimated
202057.7 Estimated
201957.7 Estimated
201857.7 Estimated
201758.2 Estimated
201658.6 Estimated
201559 Estimated
201458.6 Estimated
201358.8 Estimated
201259 Estimated
201159.2 Estimated
201059.4 Estimated
200959.5 Estimated
200859.7 Estimated
200759.9 Estimated
200658.7 Estimated
200558.8 Estimated
200461.8 Estimated
200360.6 Estimated
200261 Estimated
200161.7 Estimated
200062.1 Estimated
199962.5 Estimated
199861.3 Estimated
199759.9 Estimated
199660.1 Estimated
199562.3 Estimated
199462.5 Estimated
199362.6 Estimated
199262.8 Estimated
199162 Estimated
199061.3 Estimated
198961 Estimated
198861.2 Estimated
198760.5 Estimated
198660.7 Estimated
198560 Estimated
198459.3 Estimated
198359.1 Estimated
198259.5 Estimated
198161.1 Estimated
198063.3 Estimated
197963.1 Estimated
197860.9 Estimated
197759.2 Estimated
197659 Estimated
197559.3 Estimated
197459 Estimated
197358.8 Estimated
197258.7 Estimated
197158.8 Estimated
197057 Estimated
196957.3 Estimated
196857.7 Estimated
196758.2 Estimated
196658.7 Estimated
196559.2 Estimated
196459.7 Estimated
196360 Estimated
196260.1 Estimated
196160.1 Estimated

El Salvador compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. El Salvador is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/el-salvador. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/el-salvador.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, El Salvador, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/el-salvador (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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}
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What is the agricultural land in El Salvador?

Agricultural land in El Salvador was 57.3% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 47th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in El Salvador?

63.3% in 1980, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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