Rice — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Rice — Area harvested was 1,567 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — 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 rice — area harvested in El Salvador is 1,567 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 77.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 28,000 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 1,567 ha, in 2024.
El Salvador ranks 95th of 133 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.
Rice — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,888 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,863 ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 9,100 ha | -16.2% |
| 1964 | 14,806 ha | +62.7% |
| 1965 | 13,230 ha | -10.6% |
| 1966 | 19,725 ha | +49.1% |
| 1967 | 28,000 ha | +42.0% |
| 1968 | 27,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 1969 | 10,710 ha | -60.8% |
| 1970 | 11,900 ha | +11.1% |
| 1971 | 14,644 ha | +23.1% |
| 1972 | 10,990 ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 9,520 ha | -13.4% |
| 1974 | 11,130 ha | +16.9% |
| 1975 | 16,940 ha | +52.2% |
| 1976 | 13,797 ha | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 12,460 ha | -9.7% |
| 1978 | 13,895 ha | +11.5% |
| 1979 | 14,770 ha | +6.3% |
| 1980 | 16,783 ha | +13.6% |
| 1981 | 13,846 ha | -17.5% |
| 1982 | 11,189 ha | -19.2% |
| 1983 | 12,587 ha | +12.5% |
| 1984 | 15,330 ha | +21.8% |
| 1985 | 17,290 ha | +12.8% |
| 1986 | 12,040 ha | -30.4% |
| 1987 | 11,690 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 13,790 ha | +18.0% |
| 1989 | 15,515 ha | +12.5% |
| 1990 | 14,257 ha | -8.1% |
| 1991 | 16,310 ha | +14.4% |
| 1992 | 16,520 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 15,820 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 14,910 ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 9,590 ha | -35.7% |
| 1996 | 10,710 ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 14,871 ha | +38.9% |
| 1998 | 10,325 ha | -30.6% |
| 1999 | 10,920 ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 8,155 ha | -25.3% |
| 2001 | 6,257 ha | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 4,900 ha | -21.7% |
| 2003 | 3,320 ha | -32.2% |
| 2004 | 3,992 ha | +20.2% |
| 2005 | 3,603 ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 4,194 ha | +16.4% |
| 2007 | 4,225 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 4,437 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 5,823 ha | +31.2% |
| 2010 | 4,916 ha | -15.6% |
| 2011 | 4,671 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 4,428 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 5,884 ha | +32.9% |
| 2014 | 7,099 ha | +20.6% |
| 2015 | 6,061 ha | -14.6% |
| 2016 | 3,985 ha | -34.3% |
| 2017 | 4,480 ha | +12.4% |
| 2018 | 3,558 ha | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 3,456 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 3,207 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 2,836 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 2,108 ha | -25.7% |
| 2023 | 1,589 ha | -24.6% |
| 2024 | 1,567 ha | -1.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1,567 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 4% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1,567 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 3% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,847 ha | 8,888 ha | 28,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,005 ha | 9,520 ha | 16,940 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,006 ha | 11,189 ha | 17,290 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,423 ha | 9,590 ha | 16,520 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,891 ha | 3,320 ha | 8,155 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,854 ha | 3,456 ha | 7,099 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,261 ha | 1,567 ha | 3,207 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 92 Romania 2,530 ha compare
- 93 Hungary 2,360 ha compare
- 94 Congo 1,793 ha compare
- 96 Brunei Darussalam 1,494 ha compare
- 97 Solomon Islands 1,477 ha compare
- 98 South Africa 1,058 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 rice — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Rice — area harvested in El Salvador was 1,567 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 28,000 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,567 ha in 2024.
- How does El Salvador rank for rice — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 95th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.9%. 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 Rice — 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.