Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 5,353 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador is 5,353 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 119,936 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 5,316 ha, in 2020.
That places El Salvador 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,965 ha | — |
| 1962 | 82,993 ha | +29.7% |
| 1963 | 94,881 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 119,936 ha | +26.4% |
| 1965 | 117,550 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 89,961 ha | -23.5% |
| 1967 | 56,691 ha | -37.0% |
| 1968 | 48,250 ha | -14.9% |
| 1969 | 58,140 ha | +20.5% |
| 1970 | 62,096 ha | +6.8% |
| 1971 | 70,375 ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 80,770 ha | +14.8% |
| 1973 | 93,660 ha | +16.0% |
| 1974 | 104,127 ha | +11.2% |
| 1975 | 97,324 ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 84,174 ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 88,623 ha | +5.3% |
| 1978 | 108,780 ha | +22.7% |
| 1979 | 112,293 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 93,786 ha | -16.5% |
| 1981 | 68,263 ha | -27.2% |
| 1982 | 63,120 ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 59,680 ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 45,347 ha | -24.0% |
| 1985 | 45,824 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 35,717 ha | -22.1% |
| 1987 | 23,555 ha | -34.1% |
| 1988 | 24,275 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 23,750 ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 21,506 ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 18,237 ha | -15.2% |
| 1992 | 16,930 ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 18,456 ha | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 15,413 ha | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 8,594 ha | -44.2% |
| 1996 | 12,205 ha | +42.0% |
| 1997 | 10,284 ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 12,200 ha | +18.6% |
| 1999 | 9,410 ha | -22.9% |
| 2000 | 8,810 ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 7,602 ha | -13.7% |
| 2002 | 8,054 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 7,767 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 9,408 ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 11,287 ha | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 8,691 ha | -23.0% |
| 2007 | 6,144 ha | -29.3% |
| 2008 | 5,540 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 5,486 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 5,556 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 5,721 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 5,838 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 5,536 ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 5,369 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 5,562 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 5,366 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 5,492 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 5,373 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 5,325 ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 5,316 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,352 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 5,347 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,350 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,353 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,374 ha | 48,250 ha | 119,936 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 90,222 ha | 62,096 ha | 112,293 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,332 ha | 23,555 ha | 93,786 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,324 ha | 8,594 ha | 21,506 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,879 ha | 5,486 ha | 11,287 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,514 ha | 5,325 ha | 5,838 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,344 ha | 5,316 ha | 5,353 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador was 5,353 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 119,936 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,316 ha in 2020.
- How does El Salvador rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 72nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.