El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre

El Salvador
42.52 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
7.82 metric tons per square kilometre
in 2023
El Salvador rank
36th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
36th

Cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
0204060196119922023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 42.52 metric tons per square kilometre against 7.82 metric tons per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 34.7 metric tons per square kilometre.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 5.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 181 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 17.65 metric tons per square kilometre 2.05 metric tons per square kilometre 15.6 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
1970s 28.42 metric tons per square kilometre 2.53 metric tons per square kilometre 25.9 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
1980s 33.36 metric tons per square kilometre 3.13 metric tons per square kilometre 30.24 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
1990s 40.35 metric tons per square kilometre 3.82 metric tons per square kilometre 36.54 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
2000s 41.92 metric tons per square kilometre 4.86 metric tons per square kilometre 37.06 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
2010s 46.94 metric tons per square kilometre 6.43 metric tons per square kilometre 40.51 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador
2020s 43.95 metric tons per square kilometre 7.73 metric tons per square kilometre 36.23 metric tons per square kilometre El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 42.52 metric tons per square kilometre against 7.82 metric tons per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
34.7 metric tons per square kilometre, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre?
El Salvador ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereal production (metric tons), per square kilometre
Unit
metric tons per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
228 places, 13,192 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Cereal production (metric tons) 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.