Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador
El Salvador: Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.1061 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador is 0.1061 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 11.1% on the previous year and up 114.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 0.2399 ha per square kilometre in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0.0496 ha per square kilometre, in 2013.
El Salvador ranks 13th of 115 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0552 ha per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 0.0624 ha per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0671 ha per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 0.0734 ha per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0739 ha per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1969 | 0.0767 ha per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0777 ha per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0747 ha per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0743 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0746 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0709 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0912 ha per square kilometre | +28.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0811 ha per square kilometre | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0929 ha per square kilometre | +14.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0927 ha per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0912 ha per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0912 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0944 ha per square kilometre | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 0.1204 ha per square kilometre | +27.5% |
| 1985 | 0.189 ha per square kilometre | +57.0% |
| 1986 | 0.2061 ha per square kilometre | +9.0% |
| 1987 | 0.2044 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.2196 ha per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 0.2399 ha per square kilometre | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 0.2365 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.1351 ha per square kilometre | -42.9% |
| 1992 | 0.1419 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1993 | 0.14 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1375 ha per square kilometre | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 0.1351 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0979 ha per square kilometre | -27.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0845 ha per square kilometre | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 0.1013 ha per square kilometre | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 0.1047 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.1807 ha per square kilometre | +72.6% |
| 2001 | 0.147 ha per square kilometre | -18.7% |
| 2002 | 0.1689 ha per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 2003 | 0.1334 ha per square kilometre | -21.0% |
| 2004 | 0.1164 ha per square kilometre | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 0.1181 ha per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.1487 ha per square kilometre | +26.0% |
| 2007 | 0.152 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1687 ha per square kilometre | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0704 ha per square kilometre | -58.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0704 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0929 ha per square kilometre | +31.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1177 ha per square kilometre | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0496 ha per square kilometre | -57.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0588 ha per square kilometre | +18.7% |
| 2015 | 0.0598 ha per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0678 ha per square kilometre | +13.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1444 ha per square kilometre | +113.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0882 ha per square kilometre | -38.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0805 ha per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 0.0685 ha per square kilometre | -14.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0767 ha per square kilometre | +12.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1194 ha per square kilometre | +55.5% |
| 2023 | 0.1061 ha per square kilometre | -11.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 | +113.0% | 0.0678 ha per square kilometre | 0.1444 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0654 ha per square kilometre | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | 0.0767 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0786 ha per square kilometre | 0.0709 ha per square kilometre | 0.0929 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1549 ha per square kilometre | 0.0912 ha per square kilometre | 0.2399 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1314 ha per square kilometre | 0.0845 ha per square kilometre | 0.2365 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1404 ha per square kilometre | 0.0704 ha per square kilometre | 0.1807 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.083 ha per square kilometre | 0.0496 ha per square kilometre | 0.1444 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0927 ha per square kilometre | 0.0685 ha per square kilometre | 0.1194 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 10 Armenia 0.1413 ha per square kilometre compare
- 11 Lebanon 0.1253 ha per square kilometre compare
- 12 Afghanistan 0.1211 ha per square kilometre compare
- 14 Uzbekistan 0.0863 ha per square kilometre compare
- 15 Tonga 0.0806 ha per square kilometre compare
- 16 Jamaica 0.0794 ha per square kilometre compare
More environment data for El Salvador
- 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 square kilometre in El Salvador?
- Watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador was 0.1061 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2399 ha per square kilometre in 1989.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0496 ha per square kilometre in 2013.
- How does El Salvador rank for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 13th out of 115 countries with data for 2023.
- Is watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 114.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Watermelons — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Watermelons — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.