Cocoa bean yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cocoa bean yields was 0.4227 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa 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
The most recent figure for cocoa bean yields in El Salvador is 0.4227 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa bean yields in El Salvador peaked at 1.05 tonnes per hectare in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.225 tonnes per hectare, in 2012.
That places El Salvador 28th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | 0.75 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7417 tonnes per hectare | 0.515 tonnes per hectare | 0.8514 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.9757 tonnes per hectare | 0.8649 tonnes per hectare | 1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3644 tonnes per hectare | 0.2832 tonnes per hectare | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2941 tonnes per hectare | 0.2353 tonnes per hectare | 0.3333 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.363 tonnes per hectare | 0.225 tonnes per hectare | 0.5289 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4249 tonnes per hectare | 0.4159 tonnes per hectare | 0.4335 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 cocoa bean yields in El Salvador?
- Cocoa bean yields in El Salvador was 0.4227 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 cocoa bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 tonnes per hectare in 1990.
- What is the lowest cocoa bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.225 tonnes per hectare in 2012.
- How does El Salvador rank for cocoa bean yields?
- El Salvador ranks 28th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa bean yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Cocoa 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.