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El Salvador: Arable land (hectares)

721,000hectares · 2024+4.7% since 2014

Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded. Annual figures for El Salvador from 1961 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (hectares)Note
2024721,000
2023721,000
2022721,000
2021721,000
2020721,000
2019721,000
2018721,000
2017713,500
2016705,200
2015696,900
2014688,600
2013680,300
2012672,000
2011663,700
2010655,400
2009647,100
2008638,800
2007630,500
2006604,000
2005607,860
2004611,710
2003615,570
2002619,430
2001623,290
2000627,140
1999631,000
1998598,000
1997565,000
1996565,000
1995582,000
1994584,000
1993586,000
1992588,000
1991565,000
1990550,000
1989540,000
1988540,000
1987520,000
1986520,000
1985500,000
1984480,000
1983470,000
1982479,000
1981516,000
1980558,000
1979560,000
1978515,000
1977475,000
1976475,000
1975488,000
1974488,000
1973488,000
1972488,000
1971488,000
1970450,000
1969455,000
1968458,000
1967464,000
1966470,000
1965476,000
1964482,000
1963488,000
1962488,000
1961488,000

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Arable land (hectares). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-arable-land (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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