Corn: Yield gap in El Salvador
El Salvador: Corn: Yield gap was 0.7858 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Corn: Yield gap in El Salvador, 2000–2024
Source: Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for corn: yield gap in El Salvador is 0.7858 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.6% on the previous year and down 37.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn: yield gap in El Salvador peaked at 1.93 tonnes per hectare in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.4805 tonnes per hectare, in 2008.
El Salvador ranks 80th of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Corn: Yield gap in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | tonnes per hectare | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.62 tonnes per hectare | — |
| 2001 | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | +18.8% |
| 2002 | 1.27 tonnes per hectare | -34.3% |
| 2003 | 1.12 tonnes per hectare | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.9266 tonnes per hectare | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 0.7906 tonnes per hectare | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 0.9593 tonnes per hectare | +21.3% |
| 2008 | 0.4805 tonnes per hectare | -49.9% |
| 2009 | 0.8659 tonnes per hectare | +80.2% |
| 2010 | 0.8447 tonnes per hectare | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 1.05 tonnes per hectare | +24.5% |
| 2012 | 0.612 tonnes per hectare | -41.8% |
| 2013 | 0.9239 tonnes per hectare | +51.0% |
| 2014 | 1.26 tonnes per hectare | +36.8% |
| 2015 | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8275 tonnes per hectare | -39.1% |
| 2017 | 0.6833 tonnes per hectare | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 1.34 tonnes per hectare | +95.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8985 tonnes per hectare | -32.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9206 tonnes per hectare | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6929 tonnes per hectare | -24.7% |
| 2022 | 0.9162 tonnes per hectare | +32.2% |
| 2023 | 0.8595 tonnes per hectare | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 0.7858 tonnes per hectare | -8.6% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.7858 tonnes per hectare is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.95 tonnes per hectare, 40% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.7858 tonnes per hectare is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.27 tonnes per hectare, 62% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.11 tonnes per hectare | 0.4805 tonnes per hectare | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9803 tonnes per hectare | 0.612 tonnes per hectare | 1.36 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.835 tonnes per hectare | 0.6929 tonnes per hectare | 0.9206 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 corn: yield gap in El Salvador?
- Corn: yield gap in El Salvador was 0.7858 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest corn: yield gap recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 tonnes per hectare in 2001.
- What is the lowest corn: yield gap recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4805 tonnes per hectare in 2008.
- How does El Salvador rank for corn: yield gap?
- El Salvador ranks 80th out of 115 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn: yield gap rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Mueller et al. (2012); USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) (2026); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Corn: Yield gap. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield gaps are the difference between attainable yields and actual yields, measured in tonnes per hectare. Negative values have been replaced by zero, meaning that the attainable yield has been reached.