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.
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 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 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.