Sorghum — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sorghum — Area harvested was 61,369 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sorghum — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sorghum — area harvested in El Salvador stood at 61,369 ha.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 148,890 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 55,763 ha, in 2021.
El Salvador ranks 40th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sorghum — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 98,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 92,900 ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 96,100 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 87,119 ha | -9.3% |
| 1965 | 111,090 ha | +27.5% |
| 1966 | 107,602 ha | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 103,880 ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 113,750 ha | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 113,803 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 124,180 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 126,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 130,480 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 119,000 ha | -8.8% |
| 1974 | 127,400 ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 132,370 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 124,950 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 132,160 ha | +5.8% |
| 1978 | 136,780 ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 143,357 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 119,490 ha | -16.6% |
| 1981 | 115,385 ha | -3.4% |
| 1982 | 119,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 110,600 ha | -7.1% |
| 1984 | 116,200 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 114,380 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 120,050 ha | +5.0% |
| 1987 | 125,090 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 121,940 ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 119,630 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 129,290 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 123,130 ha | -4.8% |
| 1992 | 148,890 ha | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 134,120 ha | -9.9% |
| 1994 | 121,660 ha | -9.3% |
| 1995 | 134,260 ha | +10.4% |
| 1996 | 119,420 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 124,408 ha | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 109,340 ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 106,365 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 93,940 ha | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 97,460 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 76,387 ha | -21.6% |
| 2003 | 88,183 ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 92,274 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 89,148 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 89,149 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 84,356 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 96,573 ha | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 95,547 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 96,512 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 97,703 ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 103,437 ha | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 84,634 ha | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 81,639 ha | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 84,449 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 83,296 ha | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 65,809 ha | -21.0% |
| 2018 | 69,169 ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 63,838 ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 65,904 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 55,763 ha | -15.4% |
| 2022 | 60,605 ha | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 59,918 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 61,369 ha | +2.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 61,369 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8,373 ha, 7.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 61,369 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 3.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102,716 ha | 87,119 ha | 113,803 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,668 ha | 119,000 ha | 143,357 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,176 ha | 110,600 ha | 125,090 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 125,088 ha | 106,365 ha | 148,890 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 90,302 ha | 76,387 ha | 97,460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,049 ha | 63,838 ha | 103,437 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 60,712 ha | 55,763 ha | 65,904 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 37 Malawi 96,872 ha compare
- 38 USSR 86,000 ha compare
- 39 Russian Federation 85,510 ha compare
- 41 Saudi Arabia 60,475 ha compare
- 42 Sierra Leone 60,000 ha compare
- 43 Burundi 49,750 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 sorghum — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Sorghum — area harvested in El Salvador was 61,369 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 148,890 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 55,763 ha in 2021.
- How does El Salvador rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. 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 Sorghum — 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.