Cocoa beans — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cocoa beans — Yield was 422.7 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — yield in El Salvador stood at 422.7 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — yield in El Salvador peaked at 1,055 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 225 kg/ha, in 2012.
El Salvador ranks 23rd of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 750 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 515 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1972 | 750 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1973 | 750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 851.4 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1975 | 625 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1976 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 851.4 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1978 | 850 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 849.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 864.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 891.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,055 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 283.2 kg/ha | -73.1% |
| 1992 | 284.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 285.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 287 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 288.3 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 289.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 290.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 289.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 290.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 306.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2001 | 320 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 320.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 309.1 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 333.3 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 300 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2006 | 282.3 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2007 | 276.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 235.3 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 257.1 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 253.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 226.9 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 225 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 231.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 528.9 kg/ha | +128.7% |
| 2015 | 461.8 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 468 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 417.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 385.3 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 432 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2020 | 433.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 415.9 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 427 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 425.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 422.7 kg/ha | -0.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 422.7 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 411.05 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 422.7 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 415.1 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cocoa beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +128.7% | 231.3 kg/ha | 528.9 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -73.1% | 1,055 kg/ha | 283.2 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +45.6% | 515 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha |
| 1977 | +36.2% | 625 kg/ha | 851.4 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -31.3% | 750 kg/ha | 515 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -26.6% | 851.4 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 750 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 741.71 kg/ha | 515 kg/ha | 851.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 975.68 kg/ha | 864.9 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 364.41 kg/ha | 283.2 kg/ha | 1,055 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 294.09 kg/ha | 235.3 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 363.03 kg/ha | 225 kg/ha | 528.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 424.9 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha | 433.5 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 cocoa beans — yield in El Salvador?
- Cocoa beans — yield in El Salvador was 422.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,055 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 225 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does El Salvador rank for cocoa beans — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 23rd out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — yield 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, published as part of Cocoa beans — 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.