El Salvador vs Iraq: Arable land

El Salvador
0.1143 hectares per person
in 2023
Iraq
0.1102 hectares per person
in 2023
El Salvador rank
101st
Iraq rank
103rd

Arable land over time

  • El Salvador
  • Iraq
00.20.40.6196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1143 hectares per person against 0.1102 hectares per person in Iraq, a difference of 0.0041 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iraq ahead.

El Salvador ranks 101st and Iraq ranks 103rd of 206 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Iraq in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Iraq Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1488 hectares per person 0.5813 hectares per person 0.4325 hectares per person Iraq
1970s 0.1208 hectares per person 0.4468 hectares per person 0.3259 hectares per person Iraq
1980s 0.1054 hectares per person 0.3403 hectares per person 0.2349 hectares per person Iraq
1990s 0.1019 hectares per person 0.2447 hectares per person 0.1427 hectares per person Iraq
2000s 0.1037 hectares per person 0.1616 hectares per person 0.0579 hectares per person Iraq
2010s 0.1122 hectares per person 0.1288 hectares per person 0.0165 hectares per person Iraq
2020s 0.115 hectares per person 0.1141 hectares per person 0.0009 hectares per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher arable land, El Salvador or Iraq?
El Salvador, at 0.1143 hectares per person against 0.1102 hectares per person in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in arable land between El Salvador and Iraq?
0.0041 hectares per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Iraq?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Iraq rank globally for arable land?
El Salvador ranks 101st and Iraq ranks 103rd of 206 countries.
Where does this data come from?
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

El Salvador vs Iraq: Arable land. Statizoid, drawing on FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-person/el-salvador/iraq/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/arable-land-hectares-per-person/el-salvador/iraq/">El Salvador vs Iraq: Arable land</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit
hectares per person
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.