Annual forest expansion in El Salvador
El Salvador: Annual forest expansion was 5,780 hectares per year in 2020. ▼ Falling
Annual forest expansion in El Salvador, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 5,780 hectares per year for annual forest expansion in 2020.
The figure is up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in El Salvador peaked at 6,930 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,020 hectares per year, in 2010.
That places El Salvador 45th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,930 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 6,930 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 6,930 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 5,395 hectares per year | 5,020 hectares per year | 5,770 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 5,780 hectares per year | 5,780 hectares per year | 5,780 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for El Salvador
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 14.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.33 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 1.57 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0416 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0023 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0137 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0224 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 2.14 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in El Salvador?
- Annual forest expansion in El Salvador was 5,780 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 6,930 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,020 hectares per year in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for annual forest expansion?
- El Salvador ranks 45th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).