Cassava, fresh — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 16,394 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 16,394 kg/ha for cassava, fresh — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in El Salvador peaked at 20,130 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 7,692 kg/ha, in 1966.
El Salvador ranks 24th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,818 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 8,091 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1964 | 7,833 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1965 | 8,167 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 7,692 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 8,231 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 7,929 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 7,867 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 8,143 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 12,000 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 1972 | 12,075 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 12,167 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 12,425 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 9,474 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1976 | 9,470 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 10,119 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 10,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 11,829 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1980 | 11,843 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 11,840 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 11,829 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 12,814 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1984 | 14,851 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 14,786 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 15,114 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 15,033 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 14,391 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1989 | 15,708 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 15,889 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 15,276 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1992 | 17,269 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 20,000 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1994 | 20,130 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 16,023 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1996 | 15,883 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 13,143 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1998 | 13,143 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12,420 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 12,348 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 12,479 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 12,812 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 12,354 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 10,082 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 2005 | 12,504 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2006 | 12,502 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 12,887 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 12,890 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 12,502 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 12,484 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 14,572 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 11,578 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2013 | 15,493 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2014 | 16,257 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 15,944 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 13,114 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2017 | 17,806 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2018 | 17,288 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 15,518 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2020 | 16,008 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 16,673 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 17,145 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 16,764 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,394 kg/ha | -2.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 16,394 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 16,394 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +47.4% | 8,143 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +35.8% | 13,114 kg/ha | 17,806 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +33.8% | 11,578 kg/ha | 15,493 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,959 kg/ha | 7,692 kg/ha | 8,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,790 kg/ha | 8,143 kg/ha | 12,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,821 kg/ha | 11,829 kg/ha | 15,708 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,918 kg/ha | 12,420 kg/ha | 20,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,336 kg/ha | 10,082 kg/ha | 12,890 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,005 kg/ha | 11,578 kg/ha | 17,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,597 kg/ha | 16,008 kg/ha | 17,145 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 21 Brunei Darussalam 17,459 kg/ha compare
- 22 Panama 16,953 kg/ha compare
- 23 Mali 16,573 kg/ha compare
- 25 China 16,364 kg/ha compare
- 26 China, mainland 16,359 kg/ha compare
- 27 Solomon Islands 16,191 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 cassava, fresh — yield in El Salvador?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in El Salvador was 16,394 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 20,130 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,692 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does El Salvador rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 24th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.