Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0 ha for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 114,136 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1997.
El Salvador ranks 82nd of 94 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58,165 ha | — |
| 1962 | 77,193 ha | +32.7% |
| 1963 | 88,381 ha | +14.5% |
| 1964 | 114,136 ha | +29.1% |
| 1965 | 110,950 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 82,061 ha | -26.0% |
| 1967 | 49,391 ha | -39.8% |
| 1968 | 40,950 ha | -17.1% |
| 1969 | 50,960 ha | +24.4% |
| 1970 | 55,916 ha | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 62,475 ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 72,625 ha | +16.2% |
| 1973 | 85,260 ha | +17.4% |
| 1974 | 95,060 ha | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 88,130 ha | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 73,990 ha | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 79,310 ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 99,470 ha | +25.4% |
| 1979 | 102,270 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 84,560 ha | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 58,240 ha | -31.1% |
| 1982 | 52,500 ha | -9.9% |
| 1983 | 48,860 ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 36,750 ha | -24.8% |
| 1985 | 37,310 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 27,230 ha | -27.0% |
| 1987 | 13,160 ha | -51.7% |
| 1988 | 13,895 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 12,810 ha | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 10,066 ha | -21.4% |
| 1991 | 6,307 ha | -37.3% |
| 1992 | 3,850 ha | -39.0% |
| 1993 | 4,456 ha | +15.7% |
| 1994 | 1,803 ha | -59.5% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | +10.9% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | -95.0% |
| 1997 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,610 ha | -19.5% |
| 2001 | 202 ha | -87.5% |
| 2002 | 263 ha | +30.2% |
| 2003 | 157 ha | -40.3% |
| 2004 | 2,105 ha | +1240.8% |
| 2005 | 4,055 ha | +92.6% |
| 2006 | 1,237 ha | -69.5% |
| 2007 | 43 ha | -96.5% |
| 2008 | 70 ha | +62.8% |
| 2009 | 33 ha | -52.9% |
| 2010 | 73 ha | +121.2% |
| 2011 | 246 ha | +237.0% |
| 2012 | 378 ha | +53.7% |
| 2013 | 56 ha | -85.2% |
| 2014 | 91 ha | +62.5% |
| 2015 | 4 ha | -95.6% |
| 2016 | 40 ha | +900.0% |
| 2017 | 91 ha | +127.5% |
| 2018 | 50 ha | -45.1% |
| 2019 | 22 ha | -56.0% |
| 2020 | 11 ha | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 ha | — |
| 2023 | 0 ha | — |
| 2024 | 0 ha | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74,687 ha | 40,950 ha | 114,136 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81,451 ha | 55,916 ha | 102,270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,532 ha | 12,810 ha | 84,560 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,258 ha | 0 ha | 10,066 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 977.5 ha | 33 ha | 4,055 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 105.1 ha | 4 ha | 378 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.2 ha | 0 ha | 11 ha | 5 |
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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 seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in El Salvador was 0 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 114,136 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1997.
- How does El Salvador rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 82nd out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.