Cereals, primary — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,819 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in El Salvador is 2,819 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in El Salvador peaked at 2,950 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 937.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places El Salvador 94th 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 — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 937.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,084 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1963 | 1,148 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 1,167 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 1,082 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1966 | 1,287 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1967 | 1,219 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 1,354 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 1,390 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 1,621 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1971 | 1,677 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 1,207 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1973 | 1,818 kg/ha | +50.6% |
| 1974 | 1,474 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1975 | 1,706 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1976 | 1,433 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1977 | 1,447 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 1,734 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1979 | 1,709 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,706 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 1,691 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1,555 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 1,671 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 1,950 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 1,809 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1986 | 1,620 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1987 | 1,555 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 1,931 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1989 | 1,949 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 1,939 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 1,634 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1992 | 2,039 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1993 | 1,987 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 1,610 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1995 | 2,051 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1996 | 2,119 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 1,736 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1998 | 1,887 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1999 | 2,250 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2000 | 2,155 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 1,910 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 2,477 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2003 | 2,472 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,486 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 2,633 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 2,803 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 2,615 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 2,905 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 2,727 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 2,726 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,492 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 2,782 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 2,713 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 2,486 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2015 | 2,288 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 2,746 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 2,910 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 2,380 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2019 | 2,777 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 2,732 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 2,950 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2022 | 2,757 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 2,777 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2,819 kg/ha | +1.5% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 2,819 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,427 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 2,819 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,747 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,185 kg/ha | 937.8 kg/ha | 1,390 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,583 kg/ha | 1,207 kg/ha | 1,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,744 kg/ha | 1,555 kg/ha | 1,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,925 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,518 kg/ha | 1,910 kg/ha | 2,905 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,630 kg/ha | 2,288 kg/ha | 2,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,807 kg/ha | 2,732 kg/ha | 2,950 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 cereals, primary — yield in El Salvador?
- Cereals, primary — yield in El Salvador was 2,819 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,950 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 937.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. 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 — Yield. 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.