Bean yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bean yields was 0.9883 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9883 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
78th
of 133 countries
All-time high
1.08 tonnes per hectare
in 2021
All-time low
0.393 tonnes per hectare
in 1987
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Bean yields in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 0.9883 tonnes per hectare for bean yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bean yields in El Salvador peaked at 1.08 tonnes per hectare in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.393 tonnes per hectare, in 1987.
El Salvador ranks 78th of 133 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.
Bean yields in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4881 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.5578 tonnes per hectare | +14.3% |
| 1963 | 0.5205 tonnes per hectare | -6.7% |
| 1964 | 0.579 tonnes per hectare | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 0.7035 tonnes per hectare | +21.5% |
| 1966 | 0.585 tonnes per hectare | -16.8% |
| 1967 | 0.6153 tonnes per hectare | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 0.6712 tonnes per hectare | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 0.7996 tonnes per hectare | +19.1% |
| 1970 | 0.8272 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 0.8647 tonnes per hectare | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6886 tonnes per hectare | -20.4% |
| 1973 | 0.8308 tonnes per hectare | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 0.6549 tonnes per hectare | -21.2% |
| 1975 | 0.7097 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 0.7569 tonnes per hectare | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 0.6416 tonnes per hectare | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 0.8294 tonnes per hectare | +29.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8453 tonnes per hectare | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 0.7436 tonnes per hectare | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 0.96 tonnes per hectare | +29.1% |
| 1982 | 0.6869 tonnes per hectare | -28.4% |
| 1983 | 0.7496 tonnes per hectare | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 0.8411 tonnes per hectare | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5926 tonnes per hectare | -29.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8148 tonnes per hectare | +37.5% |
| 1987 | 0.393 tonnes per hectare | -51.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8479 tonnes per hectare | +115.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6963 tonnes per hectare | -17.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8407 tonnes per hectare | +20.7% |
| 1991 | 0.8684 tonnes per hectare | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 0.7825 tonnes per hectare | -9.9% |
| 1993 | 0.8359 tonnes per hectare | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 0.8264 tonnes per hectare | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8436 tonnes per hectare | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8732 tonnes per hectare | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8135 tonnes per hectare | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5971 tonnes per hectare | -26.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8935 tonnes per hectare | +49.6% |
| 2000 | 0.8625 tonnes per hectare | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.8797 tonnes per hectare | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9933 tonnes per hectare | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 0.9953 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.9685 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.761 tonnes per hectare | -21.4% |
| 2006 | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | +36.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8761 tonnes per hectare | -15.6% |
| 2008 | 0.8825 tonnes per hectare | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.7698 tonnes per hectare | -12.8% |
| 2010 | 0.6955 tonnes per hectare | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6641 tonnes per hectare | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.9238 tonnes per hectare | +39.1% |
| 2013 | 0.9827 tonnes per hectare | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 0.9944 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.8458 tonnes per hectare | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 0.971 tonnes per hectare | +14.8% |
| 2017 | 0.962 tonnes per hectare | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.9503 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 0.8571 tonnes per hectare | -16.3% |
| 2021 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | +26.2% |
| 2022 | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.9861 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.9883 tonnes per hectare | +0.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.9883 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.23 tonnes per hectare, 80% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.9883 tonnes per hectare is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.873 tonnes per hectare, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bean yields 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +115.8% | 0.393 tonnes per hectare | 0.8479 tonnes per hectare |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6133 tonnes per hectare | 0.4881 tonnes per hectare | 0.7996 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7649 tonnes per hectare | 0.6416 tonnes per hectare | 0.8647 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7326 tonnes per hectare | 0.393 tonnes per hectare | 0.96 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8175 tonnes per hectare | 0.5971 tonnes per hectare | 0.8935 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9027 tonnes per hectare | 0.761 tonnes per hectare | 1.04 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9014 tonnes per hectare | 0.6641 tonnes per hectare | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9854 tonnes per hectare | 0.8571 tonnes per hectare | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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- 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 bean yields in El Salvador?
- Bean yields in El Salvador was 0.9883 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 tonnes per hectare in 2021.
- What is the lowest bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.393 tonnes per hectare in 1987.
- How does El Salvador rank for bean yields?
- El Salvador ranks 78th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bean yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Bean yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.