Lemons and limes — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Lemons and limes — Yield was 15,628 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Lemons and limes — Yield in El Salvador, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 15,628 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in El Salvador peaked at 27,054 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,778 kg/ha, in 1985.
El Salvador ranks 39th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Lemons and limes — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 7,778 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 8,148 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1987 | 8,148 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,333 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,373 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 19,908 kg/ha | +137.8% |
| 1992 | 19,857 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 19,806 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 19,754 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 19,704 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 19,652 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 19,601 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 19,550 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 19,499 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 19,448 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 19,670 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 13,101 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 2003 | 10,717 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 22,888 kg/ha | +113.6% |
| 2005 | 22,897 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 22,892 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 22,864 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 22,860 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 22,885 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 15,024 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 2011 | 12,950 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2012 | 15,490 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2013 | 14,903 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 14,884 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 14,894 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 12,987 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2017 | 12,987 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 13,040 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 27,054 kg/ha | +107.5% |
| 2020 | 15,448 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 2021 | 13,085 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 13,662 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 15,585 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2024 | 15,628 kg/ha | +0.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 15,628 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 15,628 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +137.8% | 8,373 kg/ha | 19,908 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +113.6% | 10,717 kg/ha | 22,888 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +107.5% | 13,040 kg/ha | 27,054 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -42.9% | 27,054 kg/ha | 15,448 kg/ha |
| 2010 | -34.3% | 22,885 kg/ha | 15,024 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -33.4% | 19,670 kg/ha | 13,101 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,148 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 18,570 kg/ha | 8,373 kg/ha | 19,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,022 kg/ha | 10,717 kg/ha | 22,897 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,421 kg/ha | 12,950 kg/ha | 27,054 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,682 kg/ha | 13,085 kg/ha | 15,628 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 lemons and limes — yield in El Salvador?
- Lemons and limes — yield in El Salvador was 15,628 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 27,054 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,778 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does El Salvador rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 39th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lemons and limes — 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.