Potatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Potatoes — Area harvested was 187 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 187 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 10.5% on the previous year and down 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 750 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 140 ha, in 2004.
That places El Salvador 141st out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 630 ha | — |
| 1962 | 575 ha | -8.7% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +4.3% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 600 ha | +71.4% |
| 1974 | 658 ha | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 360 ha | -45.3% |
| 1976 | 210 ha | -41.7% |
| 1977 | 192 ha | -8.6% |
| 1978 | 321 ha | +67.2% |
| 1979 | 271 ha | -15.6% |
| 1980 | 305 ha | +12.5% |
| 1981 | 300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 290 ha | -3.3% |
| 1983 | 280 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 260 ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 540 ha | +116.0% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 540 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 530 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 540 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 550 ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 483 ha | -12.2% |
| 1997 | 560 ha | +15.9% |
| 1998 | 560 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 665 ha | +18.8% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 735 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 750 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 559 ha | -25.5% |
| 2004 | 140 ha | -75.0% |
| 2005 | 164 ha | +17.1% |
| 2006 | 232 ha | +41.5% |
| 2007 | 237 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 263 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 211 ha | -19.8% |
| 2010 | 211 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 190 ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 177 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 296 ha | +67.2% |
| 2014 | 253 ha | -14.5% |
| 2015 | 274 ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 521 ha | +90.1% |
| 2017 | 363 ha | -30.3% |
| 2018 | 363 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 321 ha | -11.6% |
| 2020 | 376 ha | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 280 ha | -25.5% |
| 2022 | 238 ha | -15.0% |
| 2023 | 209 ha | -12.2% |
| 2024 | 187 ha | -10.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 187 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 1% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 187 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 6% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +116.0% | 250 ha | 540 ha |
| 2016 | +90.1% | 274 ha | 521 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 567.22 ha | 500 ha | 630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 376.2 ha | 192 ha | 658 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 300.5 ha | 250 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 544.8 ha | 483 ha | 665 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 399.1 ha | 140 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 296.9 ha | 177 ha | 521 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 258 ha | 187 ha | 376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 138 New Caledonia 305 ha compare
- 139 Comoros 241 ha compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 218 ha compare
- 142 Belize 156 ha compare
- 143 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 144 Eritrea 90 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 potatoes — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Potatoes — area harvested in El Salvador was 187 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 750 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 140 ha in 2004.
- How does El Salvador rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 141st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.1%. 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 Potatoes — 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.