What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and El Salvador?

0.0046 hectares per person, with El Salvador ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and El Salvador?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs El Salvador: Cropland per person over the long-term

Burundi

0.1334 hectares per person

in 2025

El Salvador

0.138 hectares per person

in 2025

Burundi rank

113th

El Salvador rank

110th

Cropland per person over the long-term over time

Burundi
El Salvador

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.138 hectares per person against 0.1334 hectares per person in Burundi, a difference of 0.0046 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was El Salvador ahead.

Burundi ranks 113th and El Salvador ranks 110th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 9 and El Salvador in 31.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	El Salvador	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.3464 hectares per person	0.868 hectares per person	0.5216 hectares per person	El Salvador
1100s	0.3443 hectares per person	0.8374 hectares per person	0.4931 hectares per person	El Salvador
1200s	0.3421 hectares per person	0.8044 hectares per person	0.4623 hectares per person	El Salvador
1300s	0.3399 hectares per person	0.7684 hectares per person	0.4284 hectares per person	El Salvador
1400s	0.3377 hectares per person	0.7287 hectares per person	0.3909 hectares per person	El Salvador
1500s	0.3355 hectares per person	0.6841 hectares per person	0.3486 hectares per person	El Salvador
1600s	0.3332 hectares per person	0.6327 hectares per person	0.2995 hectares per person	El Salvador
1700s	0.3309 hectares per person	0.5714 hectares per person	0.2404 hectares per person	El Salvador
1710s	0.3307 hectares per person	0.5645 hectares per person	0.2338 hectares per person	El Salvador
1720s	0.3305 hectares per person	0.5574 hectares per person	0.2269 hectares per person	El Salvador
1730s	0.3302 hectares per person	0.5501 hectares per person	0.2199 hectares per person	El Salvador
1740s	0.33 hectares per person	0.5427 hectares per person	0.2127 hectares per person	El Salvador
1750s	0.3298 hectares per person	0.535 hectares per person	0.2052 hectares per person	El Salvador
1760s	0.3296 hectares per person	0.5271 hectares per person	0.1976 hectares per person	El Salvador
1770s	0.3293 hectares per person	0.519 hectares per person	0.1897 hectares per person	El Salvador
1780s	0.3291 hectares per person	0.5106 hectares per person	0.1815 hectares per person	El Salvador
1790s	0.3288 hectares per person	0.5019 hectares per person	0.1731 hectares per person	El Salvador
1800s	0.3286 hectares per person	0.4929 hectares per person	0.1643 hectares per person	El Salvador
1810s	0.3284 hectares per person	0.4836 hectares per person	0.1552 hectares per person	El Salvador
1820s	0.3281 hectares per person	0.4738 hectares per person	0.1457 hectares per person	El Salvador
1830s	0.3279 hectares per person	0.4637 hectares per person	0.1358 hectares per person	El Salvador
1840s	0.3277 hectares per person	0.4531 hectares per person	0.1255 hectares per person	El Salvador
1850s	0.3274 hectares per person	0.442 hectares per person	0.1146 hectares per person	El Salvador
1860s	0.3272 hectares per person	0.4303 hectares per person	0.1031 hectares per person	El Salvador
1870s	0.327 hectares per person	0.4179 hectares per person	0.091 hectares per person	El Salvador
1880s	0.3267 hectares per person	0.4048 hectares per person	0.0781 hectares per person	El Salvador
1890s	0.3265 hectares per person	0.3907 hectares per person	0.0642 hectares per person	El Salvador
1900s	0.3263 hectares per person	0.3756 hectares per person	0.0493 hectares per person	El Salvador
1910s	0.326 hectares per person	0.3591 hectares per person	0.033 hectares per person	El Salvador
1920s	0.3258 hectares per person	0.3409 hectares per person	0.0151 hectares per person	El Salvador
1930s	0.3255 hectares per person	0.3205 hectares per person	0.005 hectares per person	Burundi
1940s	0.3253 hectares per person	0.2972 hectares per person	0.0281 hectares per person	Burundi
1950s	0.325 hectares per person	0.2546 hectares per person	0.0704 hectares per person	Burundi
1960s	0.3256 hectares per person	0.205 hectares per person	0.1206 hectares per person	Burundi
1970s	0.3327 hectares per person	0.1698 hectares per person	0.1629 hectares per person	Burundi
1980s	0.2723 hectares per person	0.1568 hectares per person	0.1155 hectares per person	Burundi
1990s	0.222 hectares per person	0.1514 hectares per person	0.0707 hectares per person	Burundi
2000s	0.1841 hectares per person	0.1439 hectares per person	0.0402 hectares per person	Burundi
2010s	0.1432 hectares per person	0.14 hectares per person	0.0032 hectares per person	Burundi
2020s	0.134 hectares per person	0.138 hectares per person	0.004 hectares per person	El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland per person over the long-term, Burundi or El Salvador?: El Salvador, at 0.138 hectares per person against 0.1334 hectares per person in Burundi as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland per person over the long-term between Burundi and El Salvador?: 0.0046 hectares per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and El Salvador?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Burundi and El Salvador rank globally for cropland per person over the long-term?: Burundi ranks 113th and El Salvador ranks 110th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland per person over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long-term
Unit: hectares per person
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Total cropland area for per person each separate country over time.