Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador
El Salvador: Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador is 0.0003 ha per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.4% on the previous year and up 59.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador peaked at 0.0009 ha per person in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0002 ha per person, in 2013.
El Salvador ranks 42nd of 116 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0004 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0004 ha per person | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 0.0004 ha per person | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0004 ha per person | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0005 ha per person | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0004 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0004 ha per person | -6.1% |
| 1972 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 0.0003 ha per person | -7.6% |
| 1977 | 0.0004 ha per person | +25.9% |
| 1978 | 0.0004 ha per person | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0004 ha per person | +12.4% |
| 1980 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 0.0004 ha per person | -2.2% |
| 1982 | 0.0004 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 0.0004 ha per person | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0005 ha per person | +25.1% |
| 1985 | 0.0008 ha per person | +53.9% |
| 1986 | 0.0009 ha per person | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 0.0008 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.0009 ha per person | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0009 ha per person | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0009 ha per person | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.0005 ha per person | -43.8% |
| 1992 | 0.0005 ha per person | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0005 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 ha per person | -28.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 ha per person | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0004 ha per person | +19.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0004 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 0.0006 ha per person | +71.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0005 ha per person | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0006 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0005 ha per person | -21.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 ha per person | -12.9% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0005 ha per person | +26.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 ha per person | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0006 ha per person | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0002 ha per person | -58.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0002 ha per person | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.0003 ha per person | +31.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0004 ha per person | +26.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0002 ha per person | -58.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0002 ha per person | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0002 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0002 ha per person | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0005 ha per person | +112.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0003 ha per person | -39.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0003 ha per person | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0002 ha per person | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0003 ha per person | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 ha per person | +54.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0003 ha per person | -11.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0003 ha per person | -9.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +112.5% | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person |
| 2000 | +71.7% | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0006 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0009 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0005 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0006 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0005 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0003 ha per person | 0.0002 ha per person | 0.0004 ha per person | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0446 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador?
- Watermelons — area harvested, per capita in El Salvador was 0.0003 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested, per capita recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0009 ha per person in 1989.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested, per capita recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0002 ha per person in 2013.
- How does El Salvador rank for watermelons — area harvested, per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 42nd out of 116 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Watermelons — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Watermelons — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.