Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 1,977 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in El Salvador stood at 1,977 ha.
The figure is up 29.4% on the previous year and down 13.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 6,440 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 900 ha, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 34th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 1,012 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +18.6% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,776 ha | +18.4% |
| 1976 | 2,601 ha | +46.5% |
| 1977 | 3,080 ha | +18.4% |
| 1978 | 2,660 ha | -13.6% |
| 1979 | 3,150 ha | +18.4% |
| 1980 | 2,800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1982 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 1,685 ha | -15.8% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 1,939 ha | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,600 ha | +180.0% |
| 1991 | 5,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 6,160 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 6,100 ha | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 6,440 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 6,370 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 6,370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,960 ha | -69.2% |
| 1998 | 2,170 ha | +10.7% |
| 1999 | 2,135 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 2,100 ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 2,380 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 2,520 ha | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 2,425 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 2,425 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,499 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 2,652 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 2,840 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 3,095 ha | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 3,092 ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 900 ha | -70.9% |
| 2011 | 1,050 ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 2,561 ha | +143.9% |
| 2013 | 2,242 ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 2,289 ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 2,267 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1,891 ha | -16.6% |
| 2017 | 2,184 ha | +15.5% |
| 2018 | 2,012 ha | -7.9% |
| 2019 | 1,881 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 2,224 ha | +18.2% |
| 2021 | 2,305 ha | +3.6% |
| 2022 | 1,830 ha | -20.6% |
| 2023 | 1,528 ha | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 1,977 ha | +29.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,939 ha | 1,010 ha | 3,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,092 ha | 1,685 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,890 ha | 1,960 ha | 6,440 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,603 ha | 2,100 ha | 3,095 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,928 ha | 900 ha | 2,561 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,973 ha | 1,528 ha | 2,305 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 31 Guyana 3,777 ha compare
- 32 Jamaica 2,979 ha compare
- 33 Kenya 2,813 ha compare
- 35 Trinidad and Tobago 1,548 ha compare
- 36 Guadeloupe 766 ha compare
- 37 Martinique 763 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)
- 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 plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in El Salvador was 1,977 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6,440 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 900 ha in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 34th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.6%. 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 Plantains and cooking bananas — 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.