Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador

El Salvador: Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0402 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.0402 ha per person
Change on year
down 0.9%
World rank
28th
of 150 countries
All-time high
0.0674 ha per person
in 1962
All-time low
0.0381 ha per person
in 2003
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador, 1961–2024

00.020.040.06196119922024

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.0402 ha per person for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in 2024.

The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 21.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador peaked at 0.0674 ha per person in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.0381 ha per person, in 2003.

El Salvador ranks 28th of 150 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.

Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha per person Change
1961 0.0662 ha per person
1962 0.0674 ha per person +1.8%
1963 0.057 ha per person -15.4%
1964 0.0533 ha per person -6.6%
1965 0.0603 ha per person +13.3%
1966 0.0631 ha per person +4.5%
1967 0.0567 ha per person -10.2%
1968 0.0574 ha per person +1.2%
1969 0.0543 ha per person -5.4%
1970 0.0561 ha per person +3.4%
1971 0.0559 ha per person -0.3%
1972 0.0533 ha per person -4.8%
1973 0.0511 ha per person -4.2%
1974 0.0525 ha per person +2.8%
1975 0.0597 ha per person +13.9%
1976 0.0556 ha per person -6.9%
1977 0.0569 ha per person +2.4%
1978 0.0602 ha per person +5.7%
1979 0.0615 ha per person +2.3%
1980 0.0642 ha per person +4.4%
1981 0.0604 ha per person -5.9%
1982 0.0516 ha per person -14.6%
1983 0.0513 ha per person -0.7%
1984 0.0507 ha per person -1.1%
1985 0.0518 ha per person +2.1%
1986 0.0516 ha per person -0.3%
1987 0.0548 ha per person +6.1%
1988 0.0543 ha per person -0.9%
1989 0.0521 ha per person -3.9%
1990 0.0522 ha per person +0.1%
1991 0.0558 ha per person +6.9%
1992 0.0574 ha per person +3.0%
1993 0.0544 ha per person -5.4%
1994 0.0552 ha per person +1.5%
1995 0.0511 ha per person -7.3%
1996 0.0481 ha per person -6.0%
1997 0.0524 ha per person +9.0%
1998 0.0502 ha per person -4.1%
1999 0.0445 ha per person -11.3%
2000 0.0436 ha per person -2.1%
2001 0.0493 ha per person +13.0%
2002 0.0413 ha per person -16.1%
2003 0.0381 ha per person -7.8%
2004 0.039 ha per person +2.5%
2005 0.0412 ha per person +5.4%
2006 0.0401 ha per person -2.5%
2007 0.04 ha per person -0.4%
2008 0.0425 ha per person +6.3%
2009 0.0433 ha per person +1.8%
2010 0.0418 ha per person -3.3%
2011 0.0441 ha per person +5.3%
2012 0.0465 ha per person +5.5%
2013 0.0479 ha per person +3.1%
2014 0.051 ha per person +6.4%
2015 0.0458 ha per person -10.3%
2016 0.0489 ha per person +7.0%
2017 0.0457 ha per person -6.7%
2018 0.0435 ha per person -4.6%
2019 0.0425 ha per person -2.4%
2020 0.0425 ha per person -0.1%
2021 0.0421 ha per person -0.8%
2022 0.042 ha per person -0.2%
2023 0.0405 ha per person -3.5%
2024 0.0402 ha per person -0.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 0.0402 ha per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0097 ha per person, 4.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 0.0402 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0049 ha per person, 8.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.0595 ha per person 0.0533 ha per person 0.0674 ha per person 9
1970s 0.0563 ha per person 0.0511 ha per person 0.0615 ha per person 10
1980s 0.0543 ha per person 0.0507 ha per person 0.0642 ha per person 10
1990s 0.0521 ha per person 0.0445 ha per person 0.0574 ha per person 10
2000s 0.0418 ha per person 0.0381 ha per person 0.0493 ha per person 10
2010s 0.0458 ha per person 0.0418 ha per person 0.051 ha per person 10
2020s 0.0414 ha per person 0.0402 ha per person 0.0425 ha per person 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 25 Kenya 0.0428 ha per person compare
  2. 26 Cameroon 0.0412 ha per person compare
  3. 27 South Africa 0.0412 ha per person compare
  4. 29 Ghana 0.0398 ha per person compare
  5. 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0385 ha per person compare
  6. 31 Lesotho 0.0382 ha per person compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador?
Maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador was 0.0402 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.0674 ha per person in 1962.
What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0381 ha per person in 2003.
How does El Salvador rank for maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita?
El Salvador ranks 28th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
Is maize (corn) — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is down 21.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Maize (corn) — Area harvested ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Maize (corn) — Area harvested, per capita
Unit
ha per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
151 places, 8,269 data points, 1961–2024
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Maize (corn) — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.