Papayas — Yield in El Salvador
El Salvador: Papayas — Yield was 29,210 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Papayas — Yield in El Salvador, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, papayas — yield in El Salvador stood at 29,210 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.4% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, papayas — yield in El Salvador peaked at 181,563 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 8,621 kg/ha, in 1985.
El Salvador ranks 16th of 64 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Papayas — Yield in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8,621 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 8,966 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 8,966 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,310 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 9,655 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 181,563 kg/ha | +1780.5% |
| 1991 | 175,505 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 169,447 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 166,014 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 163,293 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 160,571 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 157,850 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 155,128 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 152,407 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 149,686 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 146,964 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 149,709 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 136,892 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 133,532 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 133,488 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 133,592 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 133,460 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 110,482 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 110,344 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 87,229 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2010 | 59,812 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2011 | 55,162 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2012 | 47,257 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 35,386 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 2014 | 35,352 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 35,573 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 35,439 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 44,752 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2018 | 103,878 kg/ha | +132.1% |
| 2019 | 52,663 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 2020 | 78,350 kg/ha | +48.8% |
| 2021 | 19,131 kg/ha | -75.6% |
| 2022 | 30,462 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 2023 | 31,194 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 29,210 kg/ha | -6.4% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 29,210 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,345 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 29,210 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 20,560 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Papayas — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +1780.5% | 9,655 kg/ha | 181,563 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +132.1% | 44,752 kg/ha | 103,878 kg/ha |
| 2021 | -75.6% | 78,350 kg/ha | 19,131 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +59.2% | 19,131 kg/ha | 30,462 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +48.8% | 52,663 kg/ha | 78,350 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -49.3% | 103,878 kg/ha | 52,663 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,103 kg/ha | 8,621 kg/ha | 9,655 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 163,146 kg/ha | 149,686 kg/ha | 181,563 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 127,569 kg/ha | 87,229 kg/ha | 149,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,528 kg/ha | 35,352 kg/ha | 103,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,669 kg/ha | 19,131 kg/ha | 78,350 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 13 India 35,523 kg/ha compare
- 13 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9,206 kg/ha compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7,680 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saudi Arabia 34,043 kg/ha compare
- 15 Guatemala 30,715 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 28,504 kg/ha compare
- 18 Nauru 25,730 kg/ha compare
- 19 Malaysia 23,212 kg/ha compare
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 papayas — yield in El Salvador?
- Papayas — yield in El Salvador was 29,210 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest papayas — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 181,563 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest papayas — yield recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,621 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does El Salvador rank for papayas — yield?
- El Salvador ranks 16th out of 64 countries with data for 2024.
- Is papayas — yield rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Papayas — 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.