Coffee bean yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Coffee bean yields was 0.2428 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
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.
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 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 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.