El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested over time
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 76,307 ha against 73,028 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 3,279 ha.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
El Salvador ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 42nd of 155 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 6 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,600 ha | 25,794 ha | 805.67 ha | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 37,353 ha | 36,354 ha | 998.3 ha | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 35,273 ha | 40,243 ha | 4,970 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 55,570 ha | 45,704 ha | 9,866 ha | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 62,430 ha | 48,130 ha | 14,300 ha | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 75,994 ha | 69,112 ha | 6,883 ha | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 77,476 ha | 73,736 ha | 3,740 ha | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sugar crops primary — area harvested, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
- El Salvador, at 76,307 ha against 73,028 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sugar crops primary — area harvested between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
- 3,279 ha, with El Salvador 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 sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 41st and Nicaragua ranks 42nd of 155 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sugar Crops Primary — 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.