Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6,511 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 6,511 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 7,749 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,515 ha, in 1977.
That places El Salvador 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,675 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,720 ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 1,746 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 1,846 ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 1,848 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,948 ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 1,850 ha | -5.0% |
| 1968 | 1,950 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 2,050 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 1,850 ha | -9.8% |
| 1971 | 1,555 ha | -15.9% |
| 1972 | 1,555 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,856 ha | +19.4% |
| 1974 | 1,966 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 2,168 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 1,599 ha | -26.2% |
| 1977 | 1,515 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 1,881 ha | +24.2% |
| 1979 | 2,011 ha | +6.9% |
| 1980 | 2,043 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 2,458 ha | +20.3% |
| 1982 | 2,310 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 2,160 ha | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 2,230 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 2,245 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 1987 | 2,165 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 2,025 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 2,431 ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 2,370 ha | -2.5% |
| 1991 | 2,691 ha | +13.5% |
| 1992 | 3,215 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 2,705 ha | -15.9% |
| 1994 | 5,940 ha | +119.6% |
| 1995 | 5,558 ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 4,870 ha | -12.4% |
| 1997 | 5,016 ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 4,036 ha | -19.5% |
| 1999 | 5,073 ha | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 4,987 ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 5,116 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 5,126 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,986 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 4,908 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 5,048 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 4,934 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 5,369 ha | +8.8% |
| 2008 | 5,784 ha | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 5,870 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 6,141 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 6,789 ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 7,749 ha | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 7,506 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 7,214 ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 7,571 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 7,687 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 7,420 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 7,057 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 6,531 ha | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 6,592 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 7,597 ha | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 6,966 ha | -8.3% |
| 2023 | 6,708 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 6,511 ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,848 ha | 1,675 ha | 2,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,796 ha | 1,515 ha | 2,168 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,227 ha | 2,025 ha | 2,458 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,147 ha | 2,370 ha | 5,940 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,213 ha | 4,908 ha | 5,870 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,166 ha | 6,141 ha | 7,749 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,875 ha | 6,511 ha | 7,597 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in El Salvador was 6,511 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 7,749 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,515 ha in 1977.
- How does El Salvador rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.