Cotton yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Cotton yields was 1.77 tonnes per hectare in 2020. ▼ Falling
Cotton yields in El Salvador, 1961–2020
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 1.77 tonnes per hectare for cotton yields in 2020.
The figure is down 33.0% on the previous year and down 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cotton yields in El Salvador peaked at 3.43 tonnes per hectare in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6766 tonnes per hectare, in 2006.
That places El Salvador 36th out of 100 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 59 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.12 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.34 tonnes per hectare | 1.98 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.08 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 2.31 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.88 tonnes per hectare | 1.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 2000s | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 0.6766 tonnes per hectare | 2.44 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.07 tonnes per hectare | 0.978 tonnes per hectare | 3.43 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 1 |
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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 cotton yields in El Salvador?
- Cotton yields in El Salvador was 1.77 tonnes per hectare in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cotton yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3.43 tonnes per hectare in 2015.
- What is the lowest cotton yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6766 tonnes per hectare in 2006.
- How does El Salvador rank for cotton yields?
- El Salvador ranks 36th out of 100 countries with data for 2020.
- Is cotton yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.3%. 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 Cotton 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.