Coffee bean yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Coffee bean yields was 0.2428 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.2428 tonnes per hectare
Change on year
down 11.1%
World rank
70th
of 82 countries
All-time high
1.3 tonnes per hectare
in 1969
All-time low
0.235 tonnes per hectare
in 2013
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Coffee 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
El Salvador recorded 0.2428 tonnes per hectare for coffee bean yields in 2024.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee bean yields in El Salvador peaked at 1.3 tonnes per hectare in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0.235 tonnes per hectare, in 2013.
That places El Salvador 70th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coffee bean yields in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.9699 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 1962 | 0.768 tonnes per hectare | -20.8% |
| 1963 | 0.9438 tonnes per hectare | +22.9% |
| 1964 | 0.9326 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1965 | 0.8149 tonnes per hectare | -12.6% |
| 1966 | 0.9051 tonnes per hectare | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | +15.9% |
| 1968 | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | +23.7% |
| 1970 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | -16.9% |
| 1971 | 1.02 tonnes per hectare | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 1.01 tonnes per hectare | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.8653 tonnes per hectare | -14.2% |
| 1974 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | +25.1% |
| 1975 | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.9418 tonnes per hectare | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 1 tonnes per hectare | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 1.09 tonnes per hectare | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.9958 tonnes per hectare | -8.8% |
| 1981 | 0.973 tonnes per hectare | -2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.9423 tonnes per hectare | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 0.834 tonnes per hectare | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 0.9604 tonnes per hectare | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 0.9077 tonnes per hectare | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.8583 tonnes per hectare | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 0.9301 tonnes per hectare | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7471 tonnes per hectare | -19.7% |
| 1989 | 0.8073 tonnes per hectare | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 0.8509 tonnes per hectare | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 0.8035 tonnes per hectare | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | +33.4% |
| 1993 | 0.8575 tonnes per hectare | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 0.8344 tonnes per hectare | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 0.8554 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.908 tonnes per hectare | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 0.7565 tonnes per hectare | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7234 tonnes per hectare | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.9921 tonnes per hectare | +37.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7034 tonnes per hectare | -29.1% |
| 2001 | 0.6918 tonnes per hectare | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.5686 tonnes per hectare | -17.8% |
| 2003 | 0.5051 tonnes per hectare | -11.2% |
| 2004 | 0.519 tonnes per hectare | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5474 tonnes per hectare | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5492 tonnes per hectare | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6269 tonnes per hectare | +14.1% |
| 2008 | 0.6352 tonnes per hectare | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4978 tonnes per hectare | -21.6% |
| 2010 | 0.7394 tonnes per hectare | +48.5% |
| 2011 | 0.5866 tonnes per hectare | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6394 tonnes per hectare | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 0.235 tonnes per hectare | -63.2% |
| 2014 | 0.2998 tonnes per hectare | +27.6% |
| 2015 | 0.2549 tonnes per hectare | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 0.276 tonnes per hectare | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 0.2957 tonnes per hectare | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.3094 tonnes per hectare | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2403 tonnes per hectare | -22.3% |
| 2020 | 0.25 tonnes per hectare | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2993 tonnes per hectare | +19.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3609 tonnes per hectare | +20.6% |
| 2023 | 0.273 tonnes per hectare | -24.4% |
| 2024 | 0.2428 tonnes per hectare | -11.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.2428 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6362 tonnes per hectare, 38% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.2428 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.6755 tonnes per hectare, 36% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9701 tonnes per hectare | 0.768 tonnes per hectare | 1.3 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.03 tonnes per hectare | 0.8653 tonnes per hectare | 1.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.8956 tonnes per hectare | 0.7471 tonnes per hectare | 0.9958 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8654 tonnes per hectare | 0.7234 tonnes per hectare | 1.07 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5844 tonnes per hectare | 0.4978 tonnes per hectare | 0.7034 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3876 tonnes per hectare | 0.235 tonnes per hectare | 0.7394 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2852 tonnes per hectare | 0.2428 tonnes per hectare | 0.3609 tonnes per hectare | 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 coffee bean yields in El Salvador?
- Coffee bean yields in El Salvador was 0.2428 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 coffee bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.3 tonnes per hectare in 1969.
- What is the lowest coffee bean yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.235 tonnes per hectare in 2013.
- How does El Salvador rank for coffee bean yields?
- El Salvador ranks 70th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee bean yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.0%. 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 Coffee 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. Green coffee beans are coffee seeds (beans) that have not yet been roasted.