Avocados — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Avocados — Area harvested was 910 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 910 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.7% on the previous year and up 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 4,250 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 440 ha, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 38th of 91 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 3,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 3,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 3,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,150 ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 4,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 4,250 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 4,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 2,600 ha | -35.0% |
| 2002 | 800 ha | -69.2% |
| 2003 | 794 ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 983 ha | +23.8% |
| 2005 | 1,046 ha | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,163 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 1,331 ha | +14.4% |
| 2008 | 1,450 ha | +8.9% |
| 2009 | 1,481 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 440 ha | -70.3% |
| 2011 | 639 ha | +45.2% |
| 2012 | 615 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 644 ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 650 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 647 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 644 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,117 ha | +73.4% |
| 2018 | 1,257 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 1,257 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 884 ha | -29.7% |
| 2021 | 906 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 931 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 822 ha | -11.7% |
| 2024 | 910 ha | +10.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,022 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,700 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,405 ha | 3,100 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,075 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,565 ha | 794 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 791 ha | 440 ha | 1,257 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 890.6 ha | 822 ha | 931 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as 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 avocados — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Avocados — area harvested in El Salvador was 910 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 4,250 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 440 ha in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for avocados — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 38th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Avocados — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.