Lemons and limes — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Lemons and limes — Area harvested was 1,294 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 1,294 ha for lemons and limes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 28.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 2,800 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 977 ha, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 54th out of 126 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,747 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 1,241 ha | -54.8% |
| 1992 | 1,183 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 1,192 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1,246 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 1,203 ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 1,196 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,257 ha | +5.1% |
| 1998 | 1,321 ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 1,231 ha | -6.8% |
| 2000 | 1,285 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 2,750 ha | +114.0% |
| 2002 | 2,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 2,224 ha | -20.6% |
| 2004 | 1,694 ha | -23.8% |
| 2005 | 1,796 ha | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 1,994 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 2,240 ha | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 2,442 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 2,445 ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,070 ha | -56.2% |
| 2011 | 1,029 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 1,373 ha | +33.4% |
| 2013 | 1,163 ha | -15.3% |
| 2014 | 1,009 ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 1,086 ha | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 1,394 ha | +28.4% |
| 2017 | 1,394 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,387 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 977 ha | -29.6% |
| 2020 | 1,332 ha | +36.3% |
| 2021 | 1,056 ha | -20.7% |
| 2022 | 1,017 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 1,281 ha | +26.0% |
| 2024 | 1,294 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,700 ha | 2,700 ha | 2,700 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,382 ha | 1,183 ha | 2,747 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,167 ha | 1,285 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,188 ha | 977 ha | 1,394 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,196 ha | 1,017 ha | 1,332 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 lemons and limes — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Lemons and limes — area harvested in El Salvador was 1,294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 977 ha in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for lemons and limes — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 54th out of 126 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.