Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 1,474 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — area harvested in El Salvador is 1,474 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.7% on the previous year and down 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 2,852 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 490 ha, in 1998.
That places El Salvador 62nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 1972 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 1,748 ha | +39.8% |
| 1976 | 1,329 ha | -24.0% |
| 1977 | 1,260 ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 1,680 ha | +12.0% |
| 1980 | 1,678 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 2,098 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 1,960 ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 1,820 ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 1,890 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 1,925 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 1,890 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 1,855 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 1,715 ha | -7.5% |
| 1989 | 1,820 ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 1,800 ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,100 ha | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 2,600 ha | +23.8% |
| 1993 | 2,100 ha | -19.2% |
| 1994 | 2,380 ha | +13.3% |
| 1995 | 2,028 ha | -14.8% |
| 1996 | 1,890 ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | -25.9% |
| 1998 | 490 ha | -65.0% |
| 1999 | 1,680 ha | +242.9% |
| 2000 | 1,400 ha | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 1,575 ha | +12.5% |
| 2002 | 1,500 ha | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1,468 ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 1,660 ha | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 1,630 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 1,288 ha | -21.0% |
| 2007 | 1,540 ha | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 1,709 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 1,607 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 1,609 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,981 ha | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 2,852 ha | +44.0% |
| 2013 | 2,490 ha | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 2,216 ha | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 2,354 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 2,360 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,222 ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 1,826 ha | -17.8% |
| 2019 | 1,368 ha | -25.1% |
| 2020 | 1,368 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,465 ha | +80.2% |
| 2022 | 1,880 ha | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 1,650 ha | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 1,474 ha | -10.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,233 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,362 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,748 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,865 ha | 1,678 ha | 2,098 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,847 ha | 490 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,538 ha | 1,288 ha | 1,709 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,128 ha | 1,368 ha | 2,852 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,767 ha | 1,368 ha | 2,465 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in El Salvador was 1,474 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,852 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 490 ha in 1998.
- How does El Salvador rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 62nd out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — 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.