What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between American Samoa and El Salvador?

0.0103 hectares per person, with American Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa 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 Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

American Samoa vs El Salvador: Agricultural land use per person

American Samoa

0.1582 hectares per person

in 2025

El Salvador

0.1479 hectares per person

in 2025

American Samoa rank

142nd

El Salvador rank

145th

Agricultural land use per person over time

American Samoa
El Salvador

How they compare

American Samoa currently reports 0.1582 hectares per person against 0.1479 hectares per person in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0103 hectares per person.

That makes American Samoa's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was El Salvador ahead.

American Samoa ranks 142nd and El Salvador ranks 145th of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, American Samoa averaged higher in 13 and El Salvador in 27.

Head to head by decade

Decade	American Samoa	El Salvador	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0.8631 hectares per person	0.868 hectares per person	0.0049 hectares per person	El Salvador
1100s	0.8321 hectares per person	0.8374 hectares per person	0.0053 hectares per person	El Salvador
1200s	0.7985 hectares per person	0.8044 hectares per person	0.0058 hectares per person	El Salvador
1300s	0.7619 hectares per person	0.7684 hectares per person	0.0065 hectares per person	El Salvador
1400s	0.7214 hectares per person	0.7287 hectares per person	0.0073 hectares per person	El Salvador
1500s	0.6757 hectares per person	0.6841 hectares per person	0.0083 hectares per person	El Salvador
1600s	0.6229 hectares per person	0.7923 hectares per person	0.1694 hectares per person	El Salvador
1700s	0.5591 hectares per person	0.7824 hectares per person	0.2233 hectares per person	El Salvador
1710s	0.5519 hectares per person	0.7807 hectares per person	0.2288 hectares per person	El Salvador
1720s	0.5445 hectares per person	0.7788 hectares per person	0.2343 hectares per person	El Salvador
1730s	0.5369 hectares per person	0.7767 hectares per person	0.2398 hectares per person	El Salvador
1740s	0.529 hectares per person	0.7744 hectares per person	0.2454 hectares per person	El Salvador
1750s	0.5209 hectares per person	0.7719 hectares per person	0.2509 hectares per person	El Salvador
1760s	0.5126 hectares per person	0.7691 hectares per person	0.2566 hectares per person	El Salvador
1770s	0.5039 hectares per person	0.7661 hectares per person	0.2622 hectares per person	El Salvador
1780s	0.495 hectares per person	0.7629 hectares per person	0.2679 hectares per person	El Salvador
1790s	0.4857 hectares per person	0.7594 hectares per person	0.2736 hectares per person	El Salvador
1800s	0.4761 hectares per person	0.7555 hectares per person	0.2794 hectares per person	El Salvador
1810s	0.466 hectares per person	0.7543 hectares per person	0.2883 hectares per person	El Salvador
1820s	0.4555 hectares per person	0.7527 hectares per person	0.2972 hectares per person	El Salvador
1830s	0.4445 hectares per person	0.7507 hectares per person	0.3062 hectares per person	El Salvador
1840s	0.433 hectares per person	0.7482 hectares per person	0.3153 hectares per person	El Salvador
1850s	2.52 hectares per person	0.7453 hectares per person	1.77 hectares per person	American Samoa
1860s	2.44 hectares per person	0.7144 hectares per person	1.72 hectares per person	American Samoa
1870s	2.35 hectares per person	0.6829 hectares per person	1.67 hectares per person	American Samoa
1880s	2.26 hectares per person	0.6506 hectares per person	1.61 hectares per person	American Samoa
1890s	2.16 hectares per person	0.6174 hectares per person	1.55 hectares per person	American Samoa
1900s	2.06 hectares per person	0.5831 hectares per person	1.47 hectares per person	American Samoa
1910s	1.85 hectares per person	0.5474 hectares per person	1.3 hectares per person	American Samoa
1920s	1.54 hectares per person	0.5101 hectares per person	1.03 hectares per person	American Samoa
1930s	1.28 hectares per person	0.5006 hectares per person	0.7747 hectares per person	American Samoa
1940s	1.05 hectares per person	0.3891 hectares per person	0.6651 hectares per person	American Samoa
1950s	0.6659 hectares per person	0.2993 hectares per person	0.3666 hectares per person	American Samoa
1960s	0.1276 hectares per person	0.2381 hectares per person	0.1105 hectares per person	El Salvador
1970s	0.0992 hectares per person	0.1936 hectares per person	0.0943 hectares per person	El Salvador
1980s	0.0789 hectares per person	0.1745 hectares per person	0.0956 hectares per person	El Salvador
1990s	0.0793 hectares per person	0.1653 hectares per person	0.086 hectares per person	El Salvador
2000s	0.1051 hectares per person	0.1548 hectares per person	0.0496 hectares per person	El Salvador
2010s	0.1761 hectares per person	0.1486 hectares per person	0.0275 hectares per person	American Samoa
2020s	0.1602 hectares per person	0.148 hectares per person	0.0123 hectares per person	American Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher agricultural land use per person, American Samoa or El Salvador?: American Samoa, at 0.1582 hectares per person against 0.1479 hectares per person in El Salvador as of 2025.
What is the difference in agricultural land use per person between American Samoa and El Salvador?: 0.0103 hectares per person, with American Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for American Samoa and El Salvador?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do American Samoa and El Salvador rank globally for agricultural land use per person?: American Samoa ranks 142nd and El Salvador ranks 145th of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Agricultural land use per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Agricultural land use per person
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: 09 October 2026

Total agricultural land per person for each separate country over time.