Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested was 903 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in El Salvador is 903 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 2,450 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 544 ha, in 1989.
That places El Salvador 76th out of 139 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.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 786 ha | +12.3% |
| 1964 | 776 ha | -1.3% |
| 1965 | 700 ha | -9.8% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,100 ha | +69.2% |
| 1972 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 1,755 ha | +52.6% |
| 1976 | 1,413 ha | -19.5% |
| 1977 | 1,347 ha | -4.7% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 2,357 ha | +57.1% |
| 1980 | 2,354 ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 2,380 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 2,450 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 2,266 ha | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 744 ha | -67.2% |
| 1985 | 688 ha | -7.5% |
| 1986 | 577 ha | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 741 ha | +28.4% |
| 1988 | 620 ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 544 ha | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 562 ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 560 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 565 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 570 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 580 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 840 ha | +44.8% |
| 1996 | 561 ha | -33.2% |
| 1997 | 561 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 580 ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 580 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 638 ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 652 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 667 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 682 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 707 ha | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 724 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 741 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 757 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 774 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 790 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 825 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 824 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 832 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 851 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 864 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 849 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 854 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 892 ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 902 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 903 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 902 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 902 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 903 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 701.33 ha | 600 ha | 786 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,347 ha | 650 ha | 2,357 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,336 ha | 544 ha | 2,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 597.9 ha | 560 ha | 840 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 674.8 ha | 580 ha | 757 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 835.5 ha | 774 ha | 892 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 902.4 ha | 902 ha | 903 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)
- 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 unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested in El Salvador was 903 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,450 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 544 ha in 1989.
- How does El Salvador rank for unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 76th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.