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Surface area — El Salvador

Surface area in El Salvador in 2023 — 21,040 km². Ranked 150 in the world out of 215. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 0%.

2023 21,040 km² +0% vs 2022
World rank 150of 215
Period maximum 21,040 km²1961
Period minimum 21,040 km²1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · km²

Surface area — El Salvador, 1961–202318,00020,00022,00024,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 21,040 km²1963: 21,040 km²1965: 21,040 km²1967: 21,040 km²1969: 21,040 km²1971: 21,040 km²1973: 21,040 km²1975: 21,040 km²1977: 21,040 km²1979: 21,040 km²1981: 21,040 km²1983: 21,040 km²1985: 21,040 km²1987: 21,040 km²1989: 21,040 km²1991: 21,040 km²1993: 21,040 km²1995: 21,040 km²1997: 21,040 km²1999: 21,040 km²2001: 21,040 km²2003: 21,040 km²2005: 21,040 km²2007: 21,040 km²2009: 21,040 km²2011: 21,040 km²2013: 21,040 km²2015: 21,040 km²2017: 21,040 km²2019: 21,040 km²2021: 21,040 km²2023: 21,040 km²
Change over the period: +0 (+0%) Average annual rate: 0 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: El Salvador

El Salvador 21,040 km²
World 141M km²
Latin America & Caribbean 20.51M km²
Central America computed 2.48M km²
Lower-middle-income countries computed 22.41M km²
Surface area — El Salvador, by year El Salvador All countries CSV XLSX
Year km² Change Change, %
2023 21,040 +0 +0%
2022 21,040 +0 +0%
2021 21,040 +0 +0%
2020 21,040 +0 +0%
2019 21,040 +0 +0%
2018 21,040 +0 +0%
2017 21,040 +0 +0%
2016 21,040 +0 +0%
2015 21,040 +0 +0%
2014 21,040 +0 +0%
2013 21,040 +0 +0%
2012 21,040 +0 +0%
2011 21,040 +0 +0%
2010 21,040 +0 +0%
2009 21,040 +0 +0%
2008 21,040 +0 +0%
2007 21,040 +0 +0%
2006 21,040 +0 +0%
2005 21,040 +0 +0%
2004 21,040 +0 +0%
2003 21,040 +0 +0%
2002 21,040 +0 +0%
2001 21,040 +0 +0%
2000 21,040 +0 +0%
1999 21,040 +0 +0%
1998 21,040 +0 +0%
1997 21,040 +0 +0%
1996 21,040 +0 +0%
1995 21,040 +0 +0%
1994 21,040 +0 +0%
1993 21,040 +0 +0%
1992 21,040 +0 +0%
1991 21,040 +0 +0%
1990 21,040 +0 +0%
1989 21,040 +0 +0%
1988 21,040 +0 +0%
1987 21,040 +0 +0%
1986 21,040 +0 +0%
1985 21,040 +0 +0%
1984 21,040 +0 +0%
1983 21,040 +0 +0%
1982 21,040 +0 +0%
1981 21,040 +0 +0%
1980 21,040 +0 +0%
1979 21,040 +0 +0%
1978 21,040 +0 +0%
1977 21,040 +0 +0%
1976 21,040 +0 +0%
1975 21,040 +0 +0%
1974 21,040 +0 +0%
1973 21,040 +0 +0%
1972 21,040 +0 +0%
1971 21,040 +0 +0%
1970 21,040 +0 +0%
1969 21,040 +0 +0%
1968 21,040 +0 +0%
1967 21,040 +0 +0%
1966 21,040 +0 +0%
1965 21,040 +0 +0%
1964 21,040 +0 +0%
1963 21,040 +0 +0%
1962 21,040 +0 +0%
1961 21,040 — —

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MX Mexico 1.96M NI Nicaragua 130,370 HN Honduras 112,490 GT Guatemala 108,890 PA Panama 75,320 CR Costa Rica 51,100 BZ Belize 22,966 SV El Salvador 21,040
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About the indicator

Total surface area: land together with inland water bodies and, where applicable, coastal waters. This is the figure usually quoted as the area of a country in reference books and encyclopedias. It is the basis for the share of protected natural areas, because protected areas include marine waters, which land area leaves out.

Important: This is the “encyclopedic” area of a country. Land shares — forest, arable and agricultural land — are calculated against land area, not against this figure.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.

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