Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested was 72 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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 onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in El Salvador is 72 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.3% on the previous year and down 55.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 1,000 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 31 ha, in 2009.
El Salvador ranks 127th of 140 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 880 ha | -12.0% |
| 1972 | 750 ha | -14.8% |
| 1973 | 630 ha | -16.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | -20.6% |
| 1975 | 470 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 440 ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 240 ha | -45.5% |
| 1978 | 130 ha | -45.8% |
| 1979 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 130 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1990 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 102 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 80 ha | -21.6% |
| 1996 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 77 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 60 ha | -22.1% |
| 1999 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 50 ha | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 43 ha | -14.0% |
| 2005 | 63 ha | +46.5% |
| 2006 | 50 ha | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 105 ha | +110.0% |
| 2008 | 117 ha | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 31 ha | -73.5% |
| 2010 | 31 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 53 ha | +71.0% |
| 2012 | 88 ha | +66.0% |
| 2013 | 126 ha | +43.2% |
| 2014 | 163 ha | +29.4% |
| 2015 | 202 ha | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 183 ha | -9.4% |
| 2017 | 116 ha | -36.6% |
| 2018 | 134 ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 59 ha | -56.0% |
| 2020 | 118 ha | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 55 ha | -53.4% |
| 2022 | 77 ha | +40.0% |
| 2023 | 85 ha | +10.4% |
| 2024 | 72 ha | -15.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 688.89 ha | 600 ha | 900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 517 ha | 130 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 125 ha | 110 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.9 ha | 60 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.9 ha | 31 ha | 117 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.5 ha | 31 ha | 202 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 81.4 ha | 55 ha | 118 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested in El Salvador was 72 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 31 ha in 2009.
- How does El Salvador rank for onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 127th out of 140 countries with data for 2024.
- Is onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.8%. 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 Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — 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.