Avocados — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Avocados — Yield was 23,442 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 23,442 kg/ha for avocados — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and up 48.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — yield in El Salvador peaked at 42,562 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,471 kg/ha, in 2007.
El Salvador ranks 8th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,778 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 9,944 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 9,895 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1965 | 9,900 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 9,905 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,954 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 9,833 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 10,042 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 10,208 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 10,417 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 10,400 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 10,385 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 10,370 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 10,357 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1978 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,846 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 8,750 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,592 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 8,588 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,581 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,651 kg/ha | -80.8% |
| 2007 | 1,471 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2008 | 1,472 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,473 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 4,276 kg/ha | +190.2% |
| 2011 | 4,518 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 8,538 kg/ha | +89.0% |
| 2013 | 12,820 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 2014 | 15,762 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2015 | 14,204 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 16,362 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2017 | 32,322 kg/ha | +97.5% |
| 2018 | 32,626 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 32,310 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 32,322 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 42,562 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2022 | 22,961 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 2023 | 25,572 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2024 | 23,442 kg/ha | -8.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 23,442 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,090 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 23,442 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,908 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Avocados — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +190.2% | 1,473 kg/ha | 4,276 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +97.5% | 16,362 kg/ha | 32,322 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +89.0% | 4,518 kg/ha | 8,538 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -80.8% | 8,581 kg/ha | 1,651 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +50.1% | 8,538 kg/ha | 12,820 kg/ha |
| 2022 | -46.1% | 42,562 kg/ha | 22,961 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,940 kg/ha | 9,778 kg/ha | 10,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,218 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,943 kg/ha | 1,471 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,374 kg/ha | 4,276 kg/ha | 32,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,372 kg/ha | 22,961 kg/ha | 42,562 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 5 Samoa 30,199 kg/ha compare
- 5 Viet Nam 11,447 kg/ha compare
- 6 Panama 28,612 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 11,026 kg/ha compare
- 7 Guatemala 23,823 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 10,939 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 8,132 kg/ha compare
- 9 Dominican Republic 21,954 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,538 kg/ha compare
- 10 Lebanon 20,074 kg/ha compare
- 11 Kenya 18,281 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- 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 avocados — yield in El Salvador?
- Avocados — yield in El Salvador was 23,442 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 42,562 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest avocados — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,471 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does El Salvador rank for avocados — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 8th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.7%. 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 Avocados — Yield. 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.