Cereals, primary — Production in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cereals, primary — Production was 895,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in El Salvador stood at 895,000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in El Salvador peaked at 1.09 million t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 278,612 t, in 1961.
That places El Salvador 108th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 278,612 t | — |
| 1962 | 327,834 t | +17.7% |
| 1963 | 319,014 t | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 312,431 t | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 343,492 t | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 431,021 t | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 394,787 t | -8.4% |
| 1968 | 461,375 t | +16.9% |
| 1969 | 442,718 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 554,495 t | +25.2% |
| 1971 | 588,446 t | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 418,234 t | -28.9% |
| 1973 | 599,157 t | +43.3% |
| 1974 | 515,945 t | -13.9% |
| 1975 | 674,765 t | +30.8% |
| 1976 | 534,493 t | -20.8% |
| 1977 | 563,638 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 719,568 t | +27.7% |
| 1979 | 741,322 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 729,969 t | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 685,762 t | -6.1% |
| 1982 | 573,620 t | -16.4% |
| 1983 | 609,505 t | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 731,047 t | +19.9% |
| 1985 | 696,878 t | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 631,450 t | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 646,518 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 806,559 t | +24.8% |
| 1989 | 801,743 t | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 824,923 t | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 728,608 t | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 991,700 t | +36.1% |
| 1993 | 909,194 t | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 727,310 t | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 899,378 t | +23.7% |
| 1996 | 867,270 t | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 773,383 t | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 783,085 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 856,578 t | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 778,822 t | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 759,720 t | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 814,224 t | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 791,458 t | -2.8% |
| 2004 | 822,195 t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 894,975 t | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 937,085 t | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 860,076 t | -8.2% |
| 2008 | 1.04 million t | +20.7% |
| 2009 | 989,851 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 968,601 t | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 923,938 t | -4.6% |
| 2012 | 1.09 million t | +18.1% |
| 2013 | 1.04 million t | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 1.00 million t | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 854,471 t | -14.7% |
| 2016 | 1.07 million t | +25.6% |
| 2017 | 1.03 million t | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 817,563 t | -20.6% |
| 2019 | 921,410 t | +12.7% |
| 2020 | 911,984 t | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 949,884 t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 900,080 t | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 881,000 t | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 895,000 t | +1.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 895,000 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.20 million t, 74% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 895,000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 461,850 t, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 367,920 t | 278,612 t | 461,375 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 591,006 t | 418,234 t | 741,322 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 691,305 t | 573,620 t | 806,559 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 836,143 t | 727,310 t | 991,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 868,612 t | 759,720 t | 1.04 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 972,548 t | 817,563 t | 1.09 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 907,590 t | 881,000 t | 949,884 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0005 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1384 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.0035 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1483 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in El Salvador?
- Cereals, primary — production in El Salvador was 895,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.09 million t in 2012.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 278,612 t in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for cereals, primary — production?
- El Salvador ranks 108th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.7%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.