Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador

El Salvador: Wood charcoal — Production was 24,086 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
24,086 t
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
97th
of 220 countries
All-time high
24,086 t
in 2024
All-time low
8,271 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador, 1961–2024

10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 24,086 t for wood charcoal — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wood charcoal — production in El Salvador peaked at 24,086 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,271 t, in 1961.

El Salvador ranks 97th of 220 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 8,271 t —
1962 8,469 t +2.4%
1963 8,671 t +2.4%
1964 8,878 t +2.4%
1965 9,090 t +2.4%
1966 9,307 t +2.4%
1967 9,529 t +2.4%
1968 9,756 t +2.4%
1969 9,989 t +2.4%
1970 10,228 t +2.4%
1971 10,504 t +2.7%
1972 10,736 t +2.2%
1973 10,956 t +2.0%
1974 11,115 t +1.5%
1975 11,314 t +1.8%
1976 11,580 t +2.4%
1977 11,771 t +1.6%
1978 11,900 t +1.1%
1979 12,302 t +3.4%
1980 12,949 t +5.3%
1981 13,526 t +4.5%
1982 13,920 t +2.9%
1983 13,993 t +0.5%
1984 14,005 t +0.1%
1985 14,063 t +0.4%
1986 14,233 t +1.2%
1987 14,385 t +1.1%
1988 14,628 t +1.7%
1989 14,962 t +2.3%
1990 15,253 t +1.9%
1991 15,546 t +1.9%
1992 15,830 t +1.8%
1993 16,103 t +1.7%
1994 16,361 t +1.6%
1995 16,606 t +1.5%
1996 17,105 t +3.0%
1997 17,462 t +2.1%
1998 17,858 t +2.3%
1999 18,294 t +2.4%
2000 18,741 t +2.4%
2001 19,030 t +1.5%
2002 19,324 t +1.5%
2003 19,622 t +1.5%
2004 19,925 t +1.5%
2005 20,233 t +1.5%
2006 20,467 t +1.2%
2007 20,700 t +1.1%
2008 20,900 t +1.0%
2009 21,184 t +1.4%
2010 21,429 t +1.2%
2011 21,641 t +1.0%
2012 21,855 t +1.0%
2013 22,071 t +1.0%
2014 22,290 t +1.0%
2015 22,510 t +1.0%
2016 22,684 t +0.8%
2017 22,858 t +0.8%
2018 23,034 t +0.8%
2019 23,212 t +0.8%
2020 23,390 t +0.8%
2021 23,562 t +0.7%
2022 23,736 t +0.7%
2023 23,911 t +0.7%
2024 24,086 t +0.7%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 24,086 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,500 t, 1.5× the median. (52 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 24,086 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,281 t, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 9,107 t 8,271 t 9,989 t 9
1970s 11,241 t 10,228 t 12,302 t 10
1980s 14,066 t 12,949 t 14,962 t 10
1990s 16,642 t 15,253 t 18,294 t 10
2000s 20,013 t 18,741 t 21,184 t 10
2010s 22,358 t 21,429 t 23,212 t 10
2020s 23,737 t 23,390 t 24,086 t 5

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 94 Australia 25,138 t compare
  2. 95 Yemen 25,000 t compare
  3. 96 Dominican Republic 24,520 t compare
  4. 98 Iraq 22,567 t compare
  5. 99 Honduras 21,000 t compare
  6. 100 Guatemala 20,281 t compare

See the full ranking of 250 places →

More environment data for El Salvador

All data for El Salvador →

Frequently asked questions

What is wood charcoal — production in El Salvador?
Wood charcoal — production in El Salvador was 24,086 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest wood charcoal — production recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 24,086 t in 2024.
What is the lowest wood charcoal — production recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 8,271 t in 1961.
How does El Salvador rank for wood charcoal — production?
El Salvador ranks 97th out of 220 countries with data for 2024.
Is wood charcoal — production rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wood charcoal — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 27 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/wood-charcoal-production/el-salvador/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/wood-charcoal-production/el-salvador/">Wood charcoal — Production in El Salvador</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Wood charcoal — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
250 places, 13,349 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

The database contains data on the production and trade in roundwood and in primary wood and paper products for all countries and territories in the world.The main types of primary forest products included in this database are roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, pulp, and paper and paperboard. These products are detailed further and defined in the Joint Forest Sector Questionnaire (JFSQ) (https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en). The database contains details of the following topics: - roundwood removals (production) by coniferous and non-coniferous wood and assortments, - production and trade in industrial roundwood, sawnwood, wood-based panels, wood charcoal, pulp, paper and paperboard, and other products. More detailed information on wood products, including definitions, can be found at: https://www.fao.org/statistics/data-collection/forestry/en