Corn yields in El Salvador
El Salvador: Corn yields was 3.08 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Corn yields in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: 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
In 2024, corn yields in El Salvador stood at 3.08 tonnes per hectare.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, corn yields in El Salvador peaked at 3.39 tonnes per hectare in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.9279 tonnes per hectare, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 94th of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.17 tonnes per hectare | 0.9279 tonnes per hectare | 1.44 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 1.16 tonnes per hectare | 2.02 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.93 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2.17 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.01 tonnes per hectare | 1.52 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.76 tonnes per hectare | 1.94 tonnes per hectare | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.89 tonnes per hectare | 2.51 tonnes per hectare | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.04 tonnes per hectare | 2.95 tonnes per hectare | 3.18 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 yields in El Salvador?
- Corn yields in El Salvador was 3.08 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to 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 yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3.39 tonnes per hectare in 2008.
- What is the lowest corn yields recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9279 tonnes per hectare in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for corn yields?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is corn yields rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from 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 yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Average corn yields measured in tonnes per hectare.