El Salvador vs Uruguay: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?
El Salvador
1.37 million tonnes
in 2023
Uruguay
1.50 million tonnes
in 2023
El Salvador rank
86th
Uruguay rank
85th
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? over time
- El Salvador
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 1.50 million tonnes against 1.37 million tonnes in El Salvador, a difference of 135,000 tonnes.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 86th and Uruguay ranks 85th of 192 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,556 tonnes | 49,556 tonnes | 40,000 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 121,000 tonnes | 95,600 tonnes | 25,400 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 207,200 tonnes | 87,600 tonnes | 119,600 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 379,900 tonnes | 150,000 tonnes | 229,900 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 837,500 tonnes | 257,800 tonnes | 579,700 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.08 million tonnes | 744,100 tonnes | 334,100 tonnes | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.33 million tonnes | 1.08 million tonnes | 257,250 tonnes | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, El Salvador or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 1.50 million tonnes against 1.37 million tonnes in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? between El Salvador and Uruguay?
- 135,000 tonnes, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Uruguay?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Uruguay rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- El Salvador ranks 86th and Uruguay ranks 85th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.