Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 76,307 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in El Salvador stood at 76,307 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 81,408 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 23,000 ha, in 1963.
That places El Salvador 41st out of 155 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 23,000 ha | -11.5% |
| 1964 | 23,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 27,700 ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 29,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 27,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1968 | 28,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 29,600 ha | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 27,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 1971 | 36,200 ha | +29.7% |
| 1972 | 37,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 32,629 ha | -13.0% |
| 1974 | 36,232 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 41,958 ha | +15.8% |
| 1976 | 41,600 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 41,265 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 41,223 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 37,021 ha | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 34,056 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 27,440 ha | -19.4% |
| 1982 | 31,500 ha | +14.8% |
| 1983 | 34,020 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 39,410 ha | +15.8% |
| 1985 | 40,385 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 42,070 ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 41,125 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 33,810 ha | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 28,910 ha | -14.5% |
| 1990 | 31,920 ha | +10.4% |
| 1991 | 49,910 ha | +56.4% |
| 1992 | 51,800 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 47,740 ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 47,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 49,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 55,841 ha | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 69,850 ha | +25.1% |
| 1998 | 74,900 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 77,140 ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 68,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 58,872 ha | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 58,872 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 67,730 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 62,477 ha | -7.8% |
| 2005 | 54,273 ha | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 60,990 ha | +12.4% |
| 2007 | 63,162 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 66,902 ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 62,419 ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 63,031 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 68,080 ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 73,270 ha | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 77,152 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 79,797 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 81,408 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 79,103 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 78,503 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 80,031 ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 79,569 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 77,940 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 78,362 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 77,830 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 75,771 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 76,307 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,600 ha | 23,000 ha | 29,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,353 ha | 27,900 ha | 41,958 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,273 ha | 27,440 ha | 42,070 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,570 ha | 31,920 ha | 77,140 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,430 ha | 54,273 ha | 68,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,994 ha | 63,031 ha | 81,408 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,242 ha | 75,771 ha | 78,362 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar crops primary — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in El Salvador was 76,307 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 81,408 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,000 ha in 1963.
- How does El Salvador rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 41st out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.