Bean yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Bean yields was 0.9883 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
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 77th of 132 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.
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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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.62 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.4% (2025)
- Rural population 1.56 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 24.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 317,461 hectares (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 77th out of 132 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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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.