Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 520.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in El Salvador stood at 520.1 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in El Salvador peaked at 1,196 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 509.4 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places El Salvador 81st out of 131 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.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 738.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 759.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 794.8 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1964 | 643.8 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1965 | 714.9 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 661.2 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 797.7 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1968 | 861.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 876.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 817.5 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 874.4 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1972 | 931 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 812.9 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1974 | 839 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 876.3 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 778.1 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 853.5 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1978 | 792.1 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 692.3 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1980 | 780.8 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1981 | 721.4 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1982 | 750.2 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 763.8 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 725.2 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 739.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 621 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 791.3 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 721.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1989 | 768.4 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 725.2 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 803.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1992 | 968.6 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1993 | 931.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 975.2 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 926.1 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,103 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1997 | 1,196 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 988.9 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1999 | 707.2 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2000 | 718 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 746.2 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 765.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 751.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 755.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 585.1 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2006 | 684.8 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2007 | 675.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 635.9 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 608.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2010 | 598.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 583.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 549.4 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 550.6 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 516.9 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 509.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 562.4 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2017 | 509.4 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 524.5 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 526.6 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 509.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 510.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 521.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 519.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 520.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 520.1 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 520.1 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 730.8 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 761.04 kg/ha | 643.8 kg/ha | 876.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 826.71 kg/ha | 692.3 kg/ha | 931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 738.36 kg/ha | 621 kg/ha | 791.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 932.5 kg/ha | 707.2 kg/ha | 1,196 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 692.72 kg/ha | 585.1 kg/ha | 765.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 543.23 kg/ha | 509.4 kg/ha | 598.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 516.36 kg/ha | 509.6 kg/ha | 521.8 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in El Salvador?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in El Salvador was 520.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,196 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 509.4 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does El Salvador rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 81st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.