Ecuador vs El Salvador: Maize (corn) — Area harvested
Maize (corn) — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 273,835 ha against 254,525 ha in El Salvador, a difference of 19,310 ha.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 58th and El Salvador ranks 61st of 167 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 274,578 ha | 190,394 ha | 84,184 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 273,268 ha | 229,891 ha | 43,377 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 320,623 ha | 263,976 ha | 56,647 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 467,100 ha | 297,087 ha | 170,013 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 393,585 ha | 251,012 ha | 142,573 ha | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 425,958 ha | 282,052 ha | 143,906 ha | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 332,995 ha | 260,421 ha | 72,574 ha | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher maize (corn) — area harvested, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- Ecuador, at 273,835 ha against 254,525 ha in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in maize (corn) — area harvested between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 19,310 ha, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 58th and El Salvador ranks 61st of 167 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Maize (corn) — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.