Olives — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Olives — Area harvested was 5,775 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 5,775 ha for olives — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 5,844 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 28th of 60 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.
Olives — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,700 ha | +17.4% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 3,400 ha | +13.3% |
| 1974 | 3,650 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 4,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 4,900 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,676 ha | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 2,365 ha | -58.3% |
| 1992 | 2,411 ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 2,546 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 2,641 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,740 ha | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 2,842 ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 2,948 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 3,058 ha | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 3,172 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 3,290 ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 3,412 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 3,539 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 3,670 ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 3,802 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 3,933 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 4,069 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 4,211 ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 4,416 ha | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 5,605 ha | +26.9% |
| 2010 | 4,800 ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 4,798 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,421 ha | +8.4% |
| 2015 | 5,655 ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 5,359 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 5,557 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 5,677 ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 5,668 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,678 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 5,844 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 5,730 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 5,751 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 5,775 ha | +0.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 5,775 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 7,115 ha, 81% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 5,775 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5,842 ha, 99% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -58.3% | 5,676 ha | 2,365 ha |
| 2009 | +26.9% | 4,416 ha | 5,605 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,300 ha | 2,300 ha | 2,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,705 ha | 2,300 ha | 4,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,850 ha | 4,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,040 ha | 2,365 ha | 5,676 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,995 ha | 3,290 ha | 5,605 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,294 ha | 4,798 ha | 5,677 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,756 ha | 5,678 ha | 5,844 ha | 5 |
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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)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share 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 olives — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Olives — area harvested in El Salvador was 5,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 5,844 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest olives — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for olives — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 28th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. 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 Olives — 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.