Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in El Salvador
El Salvador: Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per was 0.1221 An per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in An per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in El Salvador stood at 0.1221 An per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in El Salvador peaked at 0.1221 An per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0384 An per square kilometre, in 1961.
That places El Salvador 143rd out of 160 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | An per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0384 An per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0384 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0432 An per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0432 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.048 An per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1966 | 0.048 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0528 An per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0528 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0552 An per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0552 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0576 An per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0576 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.06 An per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 0.06 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0624 An per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0676 An per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0724 An per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 0.0724 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0748 An per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0748 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0772 An per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0772 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.082 An per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 0.0869 An per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0869 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0869 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0893 An per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0917 An per square kilometre | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.0936 An per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0946 An per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0965 An per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0989 An per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 0.1033 An per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | -4.5% |
| 2001 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1038 An per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.1086 An per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.1086 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.111 An per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.1134 An per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 0.1158 An per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1158 An per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1155 An per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1163 An per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.1173 An per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1183 An per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.1192 An per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.1201 An per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1205 An per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.1213 An per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.1221 An per square kilometre | +0.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.1221 An per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.71 An per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.1221 An per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.8132 An per square kilometre, 15% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0466 An per square kilometre | 0.0384 An per square kilometre | 0.0552 An per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.064 An per square kilometre | 0.0552 An per square kilometre | 0.0748 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0847 An per square kilometre | 0.0748 An per square kilometre | 0.0936 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1021 An per square kilometre | 0.0946 An per square kilometre | 0.1062 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1033 An per square kilometre | 0.1014 An per square kilometre | 0.1086 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1151 An per square kilometre | 0.1086 An per square kilometre | 0.1192 An per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.121 An per square kilometre | 0.1201 An per square kilometre | 0.1221 An per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 140 Congo 0.1333 An per square kilometre compare
- 141 Botswana 0.1332 An per square kilometre compare
- 142 Sri Lanka 0.1276 An per square kilometre compare
- 144 Zambia 0.111 An per square kilometre compare
- 145 Malaysia 0.1041 An per square kilometre compare
- 146 Bhutan 0.0983 An per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in El Salvador?
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per in El Salvador was 0.1221 An per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1221 An per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0384 An per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per?
- El Salvador ranks 143rd out of 160 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — producing animals/slaughtered, per rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.