El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita

El Salvador
0.0501 hectares per person
in 2024
Nicaragua
0.0514 hectares per person
in 2023
El Salvador rank
102nd
Nicaragua rank
99th

Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
0.060.080.10.120.14196119922024

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.0514 hectares per person against 0.0501 hectares per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0013 hectares per person.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.

El Salvador ranks 102nd and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 181 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0964 hectares per person 0.1319 hectares per person 0.0355 hectares per person Nicaragua
1970s 0.0914 hectares per person 0.11 hectares per person 0.0186 hectares per person Nicaragua
1980s 0.0815 hectares per person 0.0766 hectares per person 0.0049 hectares per person El Salvador
1990s 0.0765 hectares per person 0.0738 hectares per person 0.0027 hectares per person El Salvador
2000s 0.0577 hectares per person 0.09 hectares per person 0.0323 hectares per person Nicaragua
2010s 0.0601 hectares per person 0.075 hectares per person 0.015 hectares per person Nicaragua
2020s 0.0518 hectares per person 0.0578 hectares per person 0.0059 hectares per person Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher land under cereal production (hectares), per capita, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 0.0514 hectares per person against 0.0501 hectares per person in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in land under cereal production (hectares), per capita between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
0.0013 hectares per person, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for land under cereal production (hectares), per capita?
El Salvador ranks 102nd and Nicaragua ranks 99th of 181 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Land under cereal production (hectares), per capita
Unit
hectares per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
228 places, 13,401 data points, 1961–2024
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Land under cereal production (hectares) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.