Fruit Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Fruit Primary — Area harvested was 20,515 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — 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 fruit primary — area harvested in El Salvador is 20,515 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 32,122 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9,750 ha, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 123rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,750 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,160 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 10,320 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 10,580 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 10,990 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 11,330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 11,660 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 12,170 ha | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 13,100 ha | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 13,750 ha | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 12,710 ha | -7.6% |
| 1972 | 11,990 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 12,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 12,264 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 13,480 ha | +9.9% |
| 1976 | 13,477 ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,850 ha | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 14,678 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 15,252 ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 15,059 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 14,710 ha | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 14,610 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 14,521 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 15,039 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 23,651 ha | +57.3% |
| 1986 | 24,514 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 24,920 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 25,495 ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 26,024 ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 29,602 ha | +13.7% |
| 1991 | 26,304 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 27,978 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 28,007 ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 28,808 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 27,118 ha | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 25,422 ha | -6.3% |
| 1997 | 21,549 ha | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 21,265 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 20,865 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 22,405 ha | +7.4% |
| 2001 | 22,324 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 20,778 ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 19,302 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 19,839 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 19,867 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 22,264 ha | +12.1% |
| 2007 | 24,368 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 32,079 ha | +31.6% |
| 2009 | 32,026 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 26,068 ha | -18.6% |
| 2011 | 28,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 32,122 ha | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 22,940 ha | -28.6% |
| 2014 | 19,378 ha | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 21,207 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 20,527 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 23,309 ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 21,726 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 21,343 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 19,879 ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 20,107 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 20,590 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 20,494 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 20,515 ha | +0.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 20,515 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 70,344 ha, 29% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 20,515 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 39,663 ha, 52% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fruit Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +57.3% | 15,039 ha | 23,651 ha |
| 2008 | +31.6% | 24,368 ha | 32,079 ha |
| 2013 | -28.6% | 32,122 ha | 22,940 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,118 ha | 9,750 ha | 13,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,465 ha | 11,990 ha | 15,252 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,854 ha | 14,521 ha | 26,024 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,692 ha | 20,865 ha | 29,602 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,525 ha | 19,302 ha | 32,079 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,682 ha | 19,378 ha | 32,122 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,317 ha | 19,879 ha | 20,590 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0005 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1384 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0035 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1483 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Fruit primary — area harvested in El Salvador was 20,515 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 32,122 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,750 ha in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for fruit primary — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.