Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested was 276 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 276 ha for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 28.5% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 850 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 143 ha, in 2018.
El Salvador ranks 81st of 134 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.
Cucumbers and gherkins — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 520 ha | +116.7% |
| 1977 | 460 ha | -11.5% |
| 1978 | 625 ha | +35.9% |
| 1979 | 650 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 680 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 720 ha | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 740 ha | +1.4% |
| 1990 | 750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 770 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 770 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 780 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 790 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 800 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 678 ha | -20.2% |
| 2005 | 608 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 468 ha | -23.0% |
| 2007 | 560 ha | +19.7% |
| 2008 | 622 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 450 ha | -27.7% |
| 2010 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 146 ha | -67.6% |
| 2012 | 294 ha | +101.4% |
| 2013 | 249 ha | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 331 ha | +32.9% |
| 2015 | 290 ha | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 244 ha | -15.9% |
| 2017 | 199 ha | -18.4% |
| 2018 | 143 ha | -28.1% |
| 2019 | 262 ha | +83.2% |
| 2020 | 193 ha | -26.3% |
| 2021 | 312 ha | +61.7% |
| 2022 | 456 ha | +46.2% |
| 2023 | 386 ha | -15.4% |
| 2024 | 276 ha | -28.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 187.78 ha | 170 ha | 210 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 360.5 ha | 210 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 698 ha | 650 ha | 740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 782 ha | 750 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 678.6 ha | 450 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 260.8 ha | 143 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 324.6 ha | 193 ha | 456 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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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested in El Salvador was 276 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 850 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 143 ha in 2018.
- How does El Salvador rank for cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 81st out of 134 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cucumbers and gherkins — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. 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 Cucumbers and gherkins — 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.