El Salvador vs Laos: Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita
El Salvador
42.32 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Laos
39.74 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
El Salvador rank
94th
Laos rank
97th
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Laos
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 42.32 kilograms per hectare against 39.74 kilograms per hectare in Laos, a difference of 2.58 kilograms per hectare.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Laos's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1963 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 94th and Laos ranks 97th of 201 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48.05 kilograms per hectare | 0.4571 kilograms per hectare | 47.59 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 94.73 kilograms per hectare | 0.129 kilograms per hectare | 94.6 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 76.07 kilograms per hectare | 1.62 kilograms per hectare | 74.44 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 65.33 kilograms per hectare | 2.75 kilograms per hectare | 62.58 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 62.51 kilograms per hectare | 4.31 kilograms per hectare | 58.2 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 64.54 kilograms per hectare | 15.12 kilograms per hectare | 49.42 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 42.42 kilograms per hectare | 28.23 kilograms per hectare | 14.19 kilograms per hectare | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita, El Salvador or Laos?
- El Salvador, at 42.32 kilograms per hectare against 39.74 kilograms per hectare in Laos as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita between El Salvador and Laos?
- 2.58 kilograms per hectare, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Laos?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1963 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Laos rank globally for fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 94th and Laos ranks 97th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average fertilizer use, measured in kilograms per hectare of cropland versus GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.