Tomatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 418 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 418 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 2,783 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 388 ha, in 2023.
El Salvador ranks 114th of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1971 | 1,214 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 1,250 ha | +3.0% |
| 1973 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,213 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 1,021 ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 1,025 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 1,120 ha | +9.3% |
| 1979 | 1,365 ha | +21.9% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +17.2% |
| 1981 | 1,666 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 1,680 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,715 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 1,750 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 1,890 ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 1,960 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 1,890 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 1,850 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 1,750 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 1,820 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 1,890 ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,120 ha | -40.7% |
| 1993 | 1,050 ha | -6.2% |
| 1994 | 1,120 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 2,783 ha | +148.5% |
| 1996 | 700 ha | -74.8% |
| 1997 | 685 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 1,190 ha | +73.7% |
| 1999 | 1,050 ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 840 ha | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 840 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 850 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 970 ha | +14.1% |
| 2004 | 1,013 ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 913 ha | -9.9% |
| 2006 | 1,113 ha | +21.9% |
| 2007 | 1,255 ha | +12.8% |
| 2008 | 1,393 ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 802 ha | -42.4% |
| 2010 | 802 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 767 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 459 ha | -40.2% |
| 2013 | 599 ha | +30.5% |
| 2014 | 570 ha | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 998 ha | +75.1% |
| 2016 | 651 ha | -34.8% |
| 2017 | 601 ha | -7.7% |
| 2018 | 592 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 470 ha | -20.6% |
| 2020 | 508 ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 422 ha | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 400 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 388 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 418 ha | +7.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 418 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,039 ha, 7% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 418 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 69% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +148.5% | 1,120 ha | 2,783 ha |
| 1996 | -74.8% | 2,783 ha | 700 ha |
| 2015 | +75.1% | 570 ha | 998 ha |
| 1998 | +73.7% | 685 ha | 1,190 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,133 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,201 ha | 1,021 ha | 1,365 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,775 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,960 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,341 ha | 685 ha | 2,783 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 998.9 ha | 802 ha | 1,393 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 650.9 ha | 459 ha | 998 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 427.2 ha | 388 ha | 508 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 tomatoes — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in El Salvador was 418 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,783 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 388 ha in 2023.
- How does El Salvador rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 114th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.