Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 6,678 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador is 6,678 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 32.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 116,720 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 6,184 ha, in 2021.
That places El Salvador 135th out of 184 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 61,065 ha | — |
| 1962 | 79,693 ha | +30.5% |
| 1963 | 90,481 ha | +13.5% |
| 1964 | 116,436 ha | +28.7% |
| 1965 | 114,050 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 87,561 ha | -23.2% |
| 1967 | 54,791 ha | -37.4% |
| 1968 | 43,250 ha | -21.1% |
| 1969 | 53,750 ha | +24.3% |
| 1970 | 59,806 ha | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 66,164 ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 76,821 ha | +16.1% |
| 1973 | 90,154 ha | +17.4% |
| 1974 | 100,404 ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 95,499 ha | -4.9% |
| 1976 | 82,497 ha | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 90,265 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 109,790 ha | +21.6% |
| 1979 | 116,720 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 102,273 ha | -12.4% |
| 1981 | 75,910 ha | -25.8% |
| 1982 | 65,020 ha | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 58,986 ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 55,774 ha | -5.4% |
| 1985 | 59,270 ha | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 54,160 ha | -8.6% |
| 1987 | 35,980 ha | -33.6% |
| 1988 | 33,206 ha | -7.7% |
| 1989 | 34,454 ha | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 39,114 ha | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 39,241 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 28,720 ha | -26.8% |
| 1993 | 27,896 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 22,163 ha | -20.6% |
| 1995 | 22,360 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 19,865 ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 21,690 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 21,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 20,850 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 18,110 ha | -13.1% |
| 2001 | 20,802 ha | +14.9% |
| 2002 | 8,673 ha | -58.3% |
| 2003 | 8,424 ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 10,114 ha | +20.1% |
| 2005 | 12,580 ha | +24.4% |
| 2006 | 10,102 ha | -19.7% |
| 2007 | 9,608 ha | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 9,669 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 9,498 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 9,716 ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 9,222 ha | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 9,018 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 8,497 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 9,840 ha | +15.8% |
| 2015 | 7,314 ha | -25.7% |
| 2016 | 7,369 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 7,302 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 8,195 ha | +10.7% |
| 2020 | 7,158 ha | -12.7% |
| 2021 | 6,184 ha | -13.6% |
| 2022 | 6,554 ha | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 6,691 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 6,678 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 77,897 ha | 43,250 ha | 116,436 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,812 ha | 59,806 ha | 116,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 57,503 ha | 33,206 ha | 102,273 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,310 ha | 19,865 ha | 39,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,758 ha | 8,424 ha | 20,802 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,387 ha | 7,302 ha | 9,840 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,653 ha | 6,184 ha | 7,158 ha | 5 |
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- 136 Slovenia 6,642 ha compare
- 137 Equatorial Guinea 5,312 ha compare
- 138 Mauritania 5,304 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in El Salvador was 6,678 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 116,720 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,184 ha in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 135th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.1%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake 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.